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| + | * '''croaking:'' as in Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', Act III Scene 2 | ||
| + | "The croaking raven doth bellow for revenge" | ||
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| + | and in ''Macbeth'', Act I scene 5 | ||
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| + | "The raven himself is hoarse | ||
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| + | That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan | ||
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| + | Under my battlements." | ||
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* '''kraai:''' (''Dutch'') crow | * '''kraai:''' (''Dutch'') crow | ||
Revision as of 17:22, 20 May 2012
- 'croaking: as in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act III Scene 2
"The croaking raven doth bellow for revenge"
and in Macbeth, Act I scene 5
"The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements."
- kraai: (Dutch) crow
- kraak: (Dutch) crash
- kråke: (Norwegian) crow
- Kraken: legendary Nordic sea monsters
