Definitions for Runerun
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
runerun(n.)
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets of Germanic languages, esp. of Scandinavia and Britain, from about the 3rd to 13th centuries.
Category: Language/Linguistics
something written or inscribed in such characters.
something secret or mysterious, as an aphorism with mystical meaning.
Origin of rune:
1675–85; < ON rūn a secret, writing, rune; c. OE rūn (ME rune, obs. E roun). Cf. round2
ru′nic
rune*run(n.)
a poem, song, or verse.
Category: Status (usage)
* Literary..
Origin of rune:
1865–70; < Finnish runo poem, canto < Scand. See rune1
Princeton's WordNet
rune, runic letter(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"
Wiktionary
rune(Noun)
A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
rune(Noun)
A Finnish poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
rune(Noun)
Any verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; an incantation.
rune(Noun)
A roun.
Origin: From rún. Compare roun.
Webster Dictionary
Rune(noun)
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
Rune(noun)
old Norse poetry expressed in runes
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