Crebain

Crebain were a species of large black, crow-like birds native to both Dunland and Fangorn Forest in Middle-earth, that Saruman the White in Isengard used as spies after he joined forces with Sauron.
== Characteristics ==
Crebain were known to fly in large flocks resembling a huge black cloud and a big shadow cast below them. They made a horrible croaking, squawking noise when in flight, making their presence known to anyone nearby.
Like crows and ravens, they seemed to possess at least some intelligence, though are not known to have spoken in familiar tongues. In the War of the Ring, flocks of Crebain were used by Saruman as spies to search for Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship, since he sought the One Ring.
==Etymology==
Crebain, "crows", would be the regular plural of Sindarin craban, "crow," a word which (while unattested) seems to have been adopted by Tolkien from Indo-European languages, particularly a pre-Germanic form *krabn-, whence the proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, from which descended both Old High German hraban and English raven.-
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name|-
Amharic 	ክረባኢን
Arabic 	كريباين
Armenian 	Քրեբայն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Кребаін
Bengali 	করেবাইন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Кребаин
Georgian 	კრებენები
Greek 	Κρεβαιν
Gujarati 	ક્રેબેન
Hebrew 	קרביין
Hindi 	क्र्ऐब्ऐन
Japanese 	クレバン
Kannada 	ಕ್ರೆಬೇನ್
Kazakh 	Крэбаін (Cyrillic) Krébain (Latin)
Korean 	크레이 빈
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Крэбаин
Macedonian Cyrillic	Кребаин
Marathi 	क्रेबेन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Кребайн
Nepalese 	क्रेब्ऐन
Persian 	کرپاین
Punjabi 	ਕ੍ਰਬੇਨ
Russian 	Кребайн
Serbian 	Кребаин (Cyrillic) Krebain (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ක්රෙබ්න්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Кребаин
Tamil 	க்ரெபைன்
Telugu 	క్రేబైన్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Кребейн
Urdu 	کربین
Uzbek 	Кребаин (Cyrillic) Krebain (Latin)
Yiddish 	קרעבאַין
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Category:Birds
Category:Agents of Saruman
Category:Non-canonical Servants of Sauron