Kraaking

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  • '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