Hrafn

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Gender Masculine Language(s) Old Norse Cognate(s) *Hræfn, Raven		Language(s) Old Norse Meaning "raven"

Hrafn is both a masculine byname, and personal name in Old Norse. The name translates into English as "raven". The Old English form of the name is *Hræfn. The name is paralleled by the English masculine given name Raven, which is derived from the vocabulary word "raven".

People with the name

Hrafn Haengsson, (fl. 10th century), Icelandic jurist and goði

Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, (born 1948), Icelandic moviemaker

Hravn Forsne (born 1988), Swedish politician who claims to be the son of French president François Mitterrand

Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson (born 9th century), First Norseman to deliberately sail to Iceland

References

Hrafn Wikipedia

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