Raven
m.
Old English hræfn, Old Norse hrafn, Old High German raban, Old Saxon hram 'raven'.
- Austria
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- Latin
- ● c1050 Raban (nom) UrkStyria 57;
1074x1087 Rabanus (nom) ibid. 77;
c1075 Raban (nom) ibid. 78
- England
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- Latin
- ● c1145x1159 Ravanni (gen) EYC-3 1666,
Raven (nom) ibid. 1666;
1155 Raven (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1
- France
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- Latin
- ◑ 697 Chramlenus (nom) DCEL-2 Add. IX;
699 Chramlenus (nom) Chart7th p. 570
- Middle French
- ● 1567 Raven RegPCC-1 p. 315;
1571 Raven ibid. p. 581;
1572 Raven ibid. p. 519
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 847 Rabanus (nom) HambUrk-vol1 XII;
c925 Graman (nom) UrkStyria 15,
Gramanno (abl) ibid. 15;
1249 Rauen (nom) UrkMeck1 no. XXXIX;
1292 Rauen (nom) ibid. no. LXXXIX;
1305 Rauen (nom) CDL-1.2.1 CXCIII,
Raven (nom) UrkMeck-5 2996;
1332 Rauen (nom) UrkMeck-8 5370
- Middle High German
- ● 1293 Raven (nom) UrkHeil1 51
- Sweden
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1375 Rauen SDHK no. 10637
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Raven". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Raven.