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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Raven m. Old English hræfn, Old Norse hrafn, Old High German raban, Old Saxon hram 'raven'.

Austria
Latin
c1050 Raban (nom) UrkStyria 57; 1074x1087 Rabanus (nom) ibid. 77; c1075 Raban (nom) ibid. 78
England
Latin
c1145x1159 Ravanni (gen) EYC-3 1666, Raven (nom) ibid. 1666; 1155 Raven (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1
France
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
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
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 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Raven.