Rune

Pronunciation

• enPR: roÍžon, IPA: /ruːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Origin

Borrowing from non rún. Compare roun.

Full definition of rune

Noun

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, page 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.

Derived terms

• runecraft
• runelore
• runester
• runology, runologist

Anagrams

• Nuer, urne