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Rune Definition

rune

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English

Etymology

From Old Norse rún. Compare roun.

Pronunciation

Noun

rune (plural runes)

  1. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
  2. A Finnish poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
  3. Any verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; an incantation.
    • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 15:
      the fiddle sang and sang as ceaselessly as the chanting cicada without, and the frogs intoning their sylvan runes by the waterside.
  4. (obsolete) A roun.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈrynə/
Hyphenation: ru‧ne

Noun

de rune f (m), plural runen

  1. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons

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Italian

Noun

rune f.

  1. Plural form of runa.

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Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

rūne

  1. nominative/accusative plural of rūn
  2. accusative/genitive/dative singular of rūn

 

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