hræfn
- noun [ masculine ]
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Hrefn
corvus,
- Wrt. Voc. 280, 33.
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Hræmn,
- Ælfc. Gr. 8 ;
- Som. 7, 35.
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Blac hræm
niger corvus,
- 6 ;
- Som. 4, 21 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 77, 13.
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Noe ásende út ǽnne hremn se hremn fleáh ðá út and nolde eft ongeán cirran
Noe dimisit corvum, qui egrediebatur et non revertebatur,
- Gen. 8, 7.
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Ðá wæs sum wild hrem ... hé ðá wearp ðam hremme ðone geǽttrodan hláf
there was a wild raven ... he threw the poisoned bread to the raven,
- Homl. Th. ii. 162, 21, 23.
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Se wanna hrefn wælgífre fugel,
- Judth. 11 ;
- Thw. 24, 25 ;
- Jud. 206 :
- Beo. Th. 6041 ;
- B. 3024.
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Hrefn blaca,
- 3606 ;
- B. 1801.
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Se swearta hrefn,
- Soul Kmbl. 108 ;
- >Seel. 54.
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Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne slíteþ salwigpád sáwelleásne
there shall the raven, dark-coated, pluck from him his eyes, shall tear him lifeless,
- Exon. 87 b ;
- Th. 329, 18 ;
- Vy. 36.
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Hræfen wan,
- Elen. Kmbl. 104 ;
- El. 52 :
- Fins. Th. 69 ;
- Fins. 34.
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Ðǽr wæs se gúðfana genumen ðé hí ræfen héton
there was the banner taken which they [the Danes] called the Raven
- [see Asser's life of Alfred under the year 878 for an account of this banner;
and see further references in
- Cl. and Vig. Icel. Dict. under hrafn ],
- Chr. 878 ;
- Erl. 81, 3.
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Hrefnes briddum
pullis corvorum,
- Ps. Th. 146, 10.
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His sunu hangaþ hrefne tó hróðre
his son hangs a solace for the raven,
- Beo. Th. 4887 ;
- B. 2448.
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Saluwigpádan ðone sweartan hræfn hyrnednebban
the black raven, dusky-coated, hard-beaked,
- Chr. 937 ;
- Erl. 115, 10 ;
- Æðelst. 61.
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Hí læccaþ eallswá gýfre hremnas of holde dóþ
they seize just as greedy ravens do from a corpse,
- L. I. P. 19 ;
- Th. ii. 328, 5.
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Swá swá grǽdige ræmmas,
- L. Ælfc. P. 49 ;
- Th. ii. 386, 3.
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Besceáwiaþ ða hrefnas
considerate corvos,
- Lk. Skt. 12, 24.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hræfn.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19611.
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