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▪ I. runish, a.1 rare.|ˈruːnɪʃ|
[f. rune n.2 + -ish. Cf. G. runisch, Sw. runisk.]
Runic.
1883Yorks. Arch. & Topogr. Jrnl. VIII. 55 The lithograph in Sjöborg is useless for minute runish purposes. 1884G. Stephens Old-North. Runic Mon. III. 15 A ‘new’ O.N. runish risting.
▪ II. † ˈrunish, a.2 Obs. rare.
[var. renish a.]
Fierce, violent, rough.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 457 With a runisch rout þe raynez he tornez. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1545 Ay biholdand þe honde til hit hade al grauen, & rasped on þe roȝ woȝe runisch sauez.
Hence † ˈrunishly adv., fiercely, roughly. Obs.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 304 Runischly his rede yȝen he reled aboute. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 191 He..Arayned hym ful runyschly what raysoun he hade In such slaȝtes of sorȝe to slepe so faste. |