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nebbe tSa glofe teran uppe on anes buses Saece ; 54. 19 : he 8a sona se 

 halga wer Guthlac Sone hrefn mid his worde Sreade ; 56. 5 : ssedon Sset heo 

 of anes hrefnes muSe feoUe ; Ad. and R. 202. 21 : saga me for hwam si se 

 hrefen swa sweart, Be ser wses hwit ; 202. 22 : saga me for hwam se hrefen 

 8urh gehyrsuranisse geSingode ?SaBt he aer 5urh modignisse agilte ; 202. 24: 

 corvus se f ugel, Saet is se hrefen ; Shrn. 50. 12 : fedde hine an hraefn ; 88. 16 : 

 and him Saer baer hrsefn mete. 



For instances of hrefn in names of places, see Cod. Dip. 

 6. 302. 



2. hrefncynn. Raven-kind. 



Lev. II. 17 : Ne [ete] nan [Sing] hrefncynnes. 



3. wselceasega. Lit. 'chooser of the slain' ; <iwcBl, the 

 slain + ceosan, to choose ; used of the raven. 



Exod. 164: wonn waeiceasega. 



4. Iyftsceat5a. Lit. 'robber of air'; <.lj'ft, air + sceaSa, 

 robber ; applied to the raven. 



Crafis of Men 39 : laSum lyflsceaSan. 



Gen. Corone. Crows. 



III. crawe. Crow; probably the carrion crow {corane 

 corone^; <,crdwan, to crow. The name is at present com- 

 monly applied to the carrion crow in England ; in Scot- 

 land, Ireland and north of England to the rook. 



ME. crawe, crow; Icel. krdkr, krdka; OHG. chrdwa; 

 G. krdhe. 



WW. 131. 37, 260. 9, 286. 4, Cf. C. 653, ZdA. 240.33 : comix, crawe ; WW. 

 363.6: carula~\ 365.12: cornua '^■, 412.39: garula~; Cp.G.14: ^crauue; 

 C. 178: carula~\ C. 652: cornacula ■^■, JE,. Gl. 307. note: Cornelia, crawa ; 

 Cant. Ps. 146. 9 : se sel3 nytenum mete heora and briddum crawan cigendum 

 hine. 



For crdwe in local names, see Cod. Dip. 6. 275. 



Gen. Pica. Magpies. 



IV. agu. Magpie {pica pica). 



WW. 132. II : pica, agu. 



