HRAFN

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Old Saxon 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

hraban = 'raven' ^[1]

Old Norse

hrafn = 'raven' ^{[2] [3]}

Old Saxon

hravan = 'raven' ^[1]

Related Names

See Hrafn and HræfningR (Norse) and Rabo (German)

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRT	see Bertram
BORG	see Hrafnborg
DIS	see Hrafndís
FRÍÐ	see Hrafnfríður
GERD	see Hrafngerður
HILD	see Hrafnhildr
ING	see Ingram
KETILL	see Hrafnkell
LAUG	see Hrafnlaug
TYR	see Hrafntýr

First Element Forms

Hrafn- Rafn-

Last Element Forms

-ram

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)