often spelt hramn, m. [A. S. hræfn; Engl. raven; Germ. rabe; Dan. ravn, etc.; cp. Lat. corvus, Gr. κόραξ]:—a raven, Nj. 119, Grág. ii. 346, Fms. i. 131, Hkr. iii. 11, Stj. 59, Orkn. 28, 38: allit., bíða hunds ok hrafns,
a, m. a pet name of a raven, perhaps Crook-beak, Edda (Gl.),Ósv. S. 3, 4, 6; freq. in popular songs,—Krummi krunkar úti, | kallar á nafna sinn; Krumminn á skjá, skjá, | skekr belgi þrjá, þrjá, etc.; betr skrifa krumma
mod. usage, cp. Landn. 162, where it is used in verse improperly of a raven, for the eagle screams (hlakkar), the raven croaks (krunkar):—metaph., the phrase, h. yfir e-u, to exult over a thing, as an eagle over its
a, m., poët. a raven, Edda (Gl.)
a, m., poët. a raven, Edda (Gloss.)
m. the wise raven of Odin, Gm., Edda.
a, m., poët. a raven, Edda (Gl.): as the name of a poet, Hkr.
a, m., poët name of the raven, bold of mood, Lex. Poët.
adj. blue-black, epithet of the raven, Landn. (in a verse).
adj. dark-skinned, of dark hue, Edda (Ht.), of the raven.
að, to croak, of a raven; hani, krummi, hundr svín, … galar, krúnkar geltir, hrín, a ditty.
m. [Scot. corbie; Swed. korp], a raven, Edda (Gl.): a nickname, Fb. iii.
m., contr. klængr, a name of a raven, poët., Edda (Gl.); II. a pr. name, Klæingr, Landn.
m. a gag or hook: brýna gogginn, to whet the beak, of a raven: a term of abuse, Edda (Gl.)
m. a starver, one who starves, Lex. Poët.; hrafna-s., raven famisher, a nickname, Fb. iii.
m. a carrion bird, fowl, bird of prey, Stj. 464, Bret. 68, (raven, vulture, etc.)
t, [Engl. to screech], to screech, shriek, Fms. viii. 432, Edda 46: of a raven, Greg. 79, Fb. i. 412.
m. an oath-brother, confederate, Fms. ix. 294, Bær. 16: metaph., arnar e., the oath-brother of the eagle, the raven Fagrsk 4 (in a verse).
m. a kind of crow or raven, Edda (Gl.); ber þú sjálfr krák þinn, carry thou thy crow thyself! Þorst. Síðu H. 2; líka-krákr, a kind of pole for digging graves.
m., wrongly spelt naðr, Fms. i. 178 (in a verse), a kind of bird, a magpie (?), Edda (Gl.); sveita nagr, blóðs-nagr, the blood-hawk, raven, poët., Haustl., Ísl. ii. 349 (in a verse).