Perhaps the reference to blaeck bird is the only usage between the raven and the blackbird, the first which caws raucously, the latter, a singer of wonderful songs. Perhaps it is due to color which I think is synonymous with both birds. That would make more sense, and in this case, size doesn't matter, only color. Of course, the red-wing blackbird seems to make some of the most strange and beautiful sounds of all birds. I don't know if they ever graced the Dane or Norse homelands.
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