... and idioms: rune-staff 1 a magic wand inscribed with runes. 2 a runic calendar. Derivatives: runic adj. Etymology: ON rún ... a peculiar alphabet, consisting of sixteen letters, or characters, called runes, the origin of which is lost in the remotest antiquity ... mostly applied to secret tricks, witchcrafts and enchantments. But the runes were also used in communication by writing. 2. pl. Old Norse poetry expressed in runes. Runes were upon his tongue, As on the warrior's sword ... a stone bearing a runic inscription. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (runes) Runes are letters from an alphabet that was used ...
... a peculiar alphabet, consisting of sixteen letters, or characters, called runes, the origin of which is lost in the remotest antiquity ... mostly applied to secret tricks, witchcrafts and enchantments. But the runes were also used in communication by writing. 2. pl. Old Norse poetry expressed in runes. Runes were upon his tongue, As on the warrior's sword ...
... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: relating to or consisting of runes; "runic inscription" Merriam Webster's adjective see rune Webster's ... Ru"nic, a. Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic ... Clog almanac, under Clog. Runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought to have been used by the heathen tribes ...
... Ru"nic, a. Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic ... Clog almanac, under Clog. Runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought to have been used by the heathen tribes ...
... Ru"nic, a. Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic ... Clog almanac, under Clog. Runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought to have been used by the heathen tribes ...