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Rune   /run/   Listen
Rune

noun
1.
Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.  Synonym: runic letter.






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"Rune" Quotes from Famous Books



... Greece I found the place, though earth Has many such; and wandering there alone, One Autumn evening when the moon rose late, I heard this song, though none was there to sing. A ghostly rune, yet left the alarmed dark Quivering with life, tear-warm ...
— Path Flower and Other Verses • Olive T. Dargan

... his nostrils, the tongs and the priming iron. All this artillery may be of gold or silver, if he can reach to the price of it; it will be a reasonable, useful pawn at all times when the current of his money falles out to rune low. And here you must observe to know in what state tobacco is in town, better than the merchants, and to discourse of the potecaries where it is to be sold as ...
— Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce • E. R. Billings

... passes For ever and ever, The hobble-chains' rattle, The calling of birds, The lowing of cattle Must blend with the words. Without these, indeed, you Would find it ere long, As though I should read you The words of a song That lamely would linger When lacking the rune, The voice of the singer, The lilt of ...
— The Man from Snowy River • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson

... worn to protect the wearer from charms exercised by others. The "Leech Book" gives us one to be worn and another to be taken internally for this purpose. To be used "against every evil rune lay, and one full of elvish tricks, writ for the bewitched man, this writing in Greek letters: Alfa, Omega, Iesvm, BERONIKH. Again, another dust and drink against a rune lay; take a bramble apple, and lupins, and pulegium, pound them, then sift them, put them in a pouch, lay them ...
— Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing • George Barton Cutten



Words linked to "Rune" :   runic letter, thorn, graphic symbol, grapheme, character, runic



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