Hraefn Oakwright

Inspiration

• Old English (?)
• "raven" + oakwright

Hraefn

• Raven m. Old English hræfn, Old Icelandic hrafn, Old High German raban, Old Saxon hram 'raven'. DMNES
• Searle; Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum; P.394 has R{ae}fen dated to 1023 as a given name. - Google eBook

English

• Raven as an English given name - http://dmnes.org/name/Raven
  
• Raven as an English surname - Family Search, Margarita Raven, 1648 burial, Stafford England, Batch B39598-4

Norse:

Hrafn: Old Norse for “raven.”

• Geirr Bassi Haraldsson. The Old Norse Name. Studia Marklandica I. Olney,
• MD: Markland Medieval Militia. 1977. p. 11
• Fellows-Jensen, Gillian. Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen. Akademisk Forlag. 1968. pp. 210-212
• Lind, _Norsk-Isländska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn från Medeltiden_, column 564, has Hrafn, a masculine given name, dated 1342, 1475.
• http://dmnes.org/name/Raven

Byname/Surname

• Documentation for name

Combination

Cultural and Temporal Compatibility

• SENA PN.2. Personal Names Style, Name Requirements
  • Within 500 years if in same naming group
  • Within 300 years if in compatible naming groups
• SENA Appendix C: Regional Naming Groups and Their Mixes
  • Need documentation of compatibility if cultures are not on the above list

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