Rune

[ruːn] or [run]

Definition

(noun.) any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; 'each rune had its own magical significance'.

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Definition

(n.) A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general.

(n.) Old Norse poetry expressed in runes.

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Definition

n. one of the characters or letters used by the peoples of northern Europe down to the 16th century: (pl.) the ancient Scandinavian alphabet or futhorc—from its first six letters f u th o r c (the writing is called Runic the individual letters Rune-staves or less correctly Runes): a secret a mystic sentence: any song mystically expressed.—n. Rune′craft.—adj. Runed.—n. Ru′ner.—adj. Ru′nic relating to runes to the ancient Teutonic nations or to their characters.—ns. Runol′ogist one versed in Runic remains; Runol′ogy.—Runic knots a form of interlaced ornament.

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