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Hrafn

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Hrafn
Origin
Acommon raven.
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	Old Norse
Language(s)	Old Norse
Meaning	"raven"
Other names
Cognate(s)	*Hræfn, Raven

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Hrafn (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈhrɑvn]; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈr̥apn̥]) is both a masculine byname, and personal nameinOld Norse. The name translates into English as "raven". The Old English form of the name is *Hræfn.^[1] The name is paralleled by the English masculine given name Raven, which is derived from the word "raven".^[2] The feminine form of this name is Hrefna.^[3]

People with the name[edit]

Einar Hrafn Stefánsson, member of an Icelandic musical group Hatari
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (born 1948), Icelandic film director
Hrafn Haengsson (fl. 10th century), Icelandic jurist and goði
Hrafn Kristjánsson (born 1972), Icelandic basketball coach and player
Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson (born 9th century), first Norseman to deliberately sail to Iceland

References[edit]

^ Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 2594, ISBN 0-203-99355-1

^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 226, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1

^ Peterson, Lena (2007), Nordiskt runnamnslexikon, Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen, p. 345, ISBN 978-91-7229-040-2

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