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raven
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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raven1 large black bird with raucous voice. OE.
hræfn = OS.
-hraban, MLG., MDu.
rāven (Du.
raāf), OHG.
(h)raban, ON.
hrafn :- Gmc. *
χrabnaz; of imit. orig.
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