rune
A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic…A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
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Examples
4 sentencesTurkish runes are interesting to study.
The rune store contained ancient magical powers.
The runologist couldn't figure out what the final rune was meant to symbolize.
Meaning
6 sensesA letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
Rune, Runenbuchstabe, Runenzeichen
ру́наrúna
any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
A letter from any visually similar script, such as Hungarian runes (the Old Hungarian script) or Turkic runes (the Old Turkic script).
A Finnic or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
More meanings 3
A letter or mark used as a mystical or magic symbol.
A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
A Unicode code point.
Origin
Borrowed from Old Norse rún, which is from Proto-Germanic *rūnō (“letter, literature, secrBorrowed from Old Norse rún, which is from Proto-Germanic *rūnō (“letter, literature, secret”), which is borrowed either from Proto-Celtic *rūnā or from the same source as it; compare Dutch rune, German Rune, Raune, Danish rune and Swedish runa. Compare roun.
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Forms
plural: runesSynonyms
19 synonyms- any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages:runic letter
Word family
34 related wordsSee also
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