Definition of rune in English:
rune
noun ruːnrun
1A letter of an ancient Germanic alphabet, related to the Roman alphabet.
long ago, a rune had been carved in the centre of the stonethe pommel and guard are embellished with runes- This is a written language which looks similar to runes and other ancient scripts, however academics have been struggling for many years to correctly decipher it.
- The Nazi's made good use of the runes and Germanic icons because they were Germanic and thus nationalizing, and because they just looked cool.
- There were several different versions of some of the runes, and individual runes might be carved back-to-front or upside down.
- Covering the hilt were runes of some lost language, and in the centre was an impressive green gemstone.
- He pressed a button, and the runes changed into English letters.
- There are several threads on the runes and Futhark here, if you want to know more.
- The original manuscript has the equivalent letters embedded as runes.
- They had no written language beyond a crude system of notations which were even more limited than the runes of Earth's ancient barbarians.
- There were some ancient stones with runes carved into them in a place in Denmark called Jelling, they were pretty cool.
- Both bear diplomatic plates and a licence which purports to be in the language of Old Britain, derived from Finnish, Estonian, ancient runes and a lot of ethno-linguistic study.
- They also plan to erect a standing stone in New York City's Central Park, carved with Viking runes in honour of Eriksson's 1000th anniversary.
- They walked into a huge building, a temple riddled with runes and hieroglyphs.
- He was a jeweler of sorts but as a hobby he spiffed around in ancient runes and languages.
- As with relics or ancient runes, it's all about touching, reading, pondering, examining.
- Some of the unusual runes on the Kensington Rune Stone turn out to belong to the secret tradesmen's version of the alphabet.
- Oddly enough, I memorized the Anglo-Saxon rune alphabet in high school with a friend of mine so we could pass notes in geometry class.
- The smooth stone walls of the place were covered in runes and Glyphs.
- ‘They seem to be in the same language as the runes on the Lasershot, but older,’ he said.
- If you convince yourself that you will get some deeper insight into a situation by interpreting the situation in terms of a set of abstract symbols like the runes, you will probably get that insight.
- The runes also show a path of progression from the Elder Futhark, to the Anglo-Saxon runes with some influence from Ogham, to English.
letter, figure, symbol, sign, mark, type, cipher, device, hieroglyph- 1.1 A symbol with mysterious or magic significance.
- Strange runes that glowed with fire were carved upon the stone pinnacles.
- Every stone of the edifice was marked with a rune, coursing with magical strength.
- It's a large stone tablet, covered in runes and markings.
- Ancient and intricate runes were carved all over it, and the statues of the Goddess Aurora lining the walls all seemed to be gazing at it in appreciation.
- His brother had spent nearly all day and night trying to carve a simple rune into the face of a small amethyst.
- "I can decipher these runes, " she said, leaning on the rock.
- In fact he wore a complete set of finely made golden samurai armor, and in his gauntleted hands he carried a pair of long wooden swords, each one with ancient runes scrawled up their sides.
- They hadn't been walking for very long when the mage stopped at a plain, metal door with a rune carved heavily in its surface.
- Many New Agers seem to like Tolkein, so the fact that his Hobbits used a kind of runes in their writing may have enhanced the association of runic letters with magic and mystery.
- The sword was impressively worked with runes and magic carvings, most of which glowed slightly in various colors.
- The walls were covered with writing and occasional symbols which I understood to be runes.
- Carefully consulting the book, he scrawled various glyphs and runes at certain points in the design.
- Four pillars stood in the four corners and in the center was a stone altar adorned with strange runes.
- Nearly all the stones were cut in perfect spheres each with a rune that marked the element that they represented.
- Queer runes and letterings were scratched across the wallpaper, which was tarnished and weathered with age.
- Unlike Belloc's old staff, the new staves were ornately carved with runes and ancient arcane symbols.
- He pulled several down and discovered that the pages were stamped with bizarre runes of what must have been the written form of the Martian language.
- The runes and designs on their bodies moved in the firelight.
- Around its edges strange runes were carved into it, giving it a unique, magical air.
- They took bottles of differing colors of dyes and began to paint his body in the patterns of runes and symbols as ancient as Eire itself.
emblem, symbol, logo, badge, stamp, trademark, crest, insignia, coat of arms, escutcheon, seal, mark, figure, design, logotype, logogram, monogram, hallmark, tag, motto, token, motif, colophon, ideogram - 1.2runes Small stones, pieces of bone, etc., bearing symbols with mysterious or magic significance, and used in divination.the casting of the runes
- Proper use of magick then, might entail casting the runes to decide whether a course of action is appropriate.
- Repeat until you have your full set of runes and an instinctive understanding of how to use them in a variety of ways and for a variety of purposes.
- Some of us want to learn more about runes, Tarot, and divining skills.
- I have been doing it for almost seven years but if you asked me to use runes I'm going to need the book!
- They are not afraid to use tarot cards, runes, a dowsing rod, or other new techniques to find their way.
- It helps to meditate on your question beforehand, as we're taught to do with Tarot, runes, and the like.
- My 9-year-old can lay out cards, cast runes, or make a hexagram.
- Numerological significance can greatly add to the power of the runes when used in magic.
- I have yet to really read my runes purely intuitively, mainly because I see my runes as the no-nonsense divination tool I have.
- Add a few divination or protection symbols, and you are ready to start using your runes!
- There is evidence that the Norse used runes for divination before the 12 th or 13 th centuries, however.
- The medicine man was always asking me why I worked with runes and other belief systems.
- Since I read the cards and runes too, maybe divination, thought experiment and fable-telling can all flow together for me.
- Priests and Priestesses alike don't need runes to cast magic.
- The runes and the tarot cards are basically back-up information to my intuition; they strengthen my resolve.
- Besides tarot reading there are also runes, pendulums, Numerology, palm reading, tealeaf reading, scrying, and dowsing.
- Anyone can make a set of runes by burning the symbols on bits of wood or painting them on stones worn smooth by water.
- Of course, one needn't be limited to just tarot in this sense; the I-Ching, runes, bibliomancy, cut-ups, etc. could be used in the same manner.
- I do not think that any one form seems superior to any others, but then again, I am only seriously experienced with runes for divination.
- 1.3 A spell or incantation.
- Several ancient runes were engraved upon the walls of the stairwell.
- As for bind runes, I'll share that bit for the class here as well.
- She began to speak the ancient runes that would enact the spell and was surprised to see the world around her lighten a few shades.
- The walked past the gigantic, humming engine, which was covered with runes and marks that channeled the magic that made it run smoothly.
- One may also bury a piece of wood inscribed with a protection rune or script.
- A person can go on about sigils, runes and spells for hours in an educated and well read fashion but how far does that match up with personal experience?
- One must dedicate time, and energy in learning the basics of the Craft - its rituals, rules, rites and runes.
- If I was as drunk as these bottles say I was, I couldn't have cast a rune, let alone a spell.
- One was using recordings I made of rune meditations and mixing bits from each rune into a word spell.
incantation, charm, conjuration, magic formula
2A section of the Kalevala or of an ancient Scandinavian poem.
Runes were used by Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons from about the 3rd century. They were formed mainly by modifying Roman or Greek characters to suit carving, and were used both in writing and in divination
- The runes were collected by a young poet on his long travels for this very purpose.
- There was a Danish king of that name who was famed for his generosity, to whom the rune poem probably refers.
Phrases
read the runes
Try to forecast the outcome of a situation by analysing all the significant factors involved.
the Chancellor read the runes and introduced additional tax measures- The MacTaggart Lecture is the opening event when a senior figure in broadcasting reads the runes.
- The sport's soothsayers were reading the runes yesterday and decided that Silverstone is a ‘bogey’ circuit for him.
- Those who had been reading the runes over the past few months knew that the Executive was being worn down by the lobby groups.
- His admission that he is anticipating a third-term majority of 120 shows he has been reading the runes very closely indeed.
- Cautious in so many ways, Stalin trusted in his ability to read the runes of Hitler's intentions without discussing the evidence with anyone else.
- And, for as long as they prefer a conjuror's wand to a handset, they will have to go on reading the runes to detect much of an impact, for IT, on productivity.
- Politicians and diplomats on both sides have also been reading the runes, and while each side has claimed a victory of sorts there is little doubt the advantage has slipped Washington's way.
- He has read the runes of the times better than many of his critics, even if there can be arguments about his tactics and strategy.
- But with a PC price war looming, the boys that billed themselves as the premier Linux PC hardware company read the runes, took a long lunch and bolted.
- So reading the runes then, a Pearl phone, perhaps with some fancy imaging integrated, looks likely to take its place in the 8000 series.
Derivatives
runic
- During a new dig, he has now discovered a rare Viking buckle with a ‘wonderful runic design’ dating back to the 10th century.
- One is a rock covered in runic writings, the other a figure of almost Cycladic simplicity, which stood above a grave.
- The company name is from the runic alphabet and represents the sun.
- The walls are etched with what appear to be silver murals of old Rome, although if you squint your eyes these runic designs could be haystacks in Iowa, or ice sculptures in old Quebec.
- The scholars contend that parts of his documents seem to be written in a secret runic alphabet used by tradesmen in Sweden in the late 1800s, rather like codes that tramps have used over time to leave secret messages for one another.
adjective ˈruːnɪkˈrunɪk
Origin
Old English rūn 'a secret, mystery'; not recorded between Middle English and the late 17th century, when it was reintroduced under the influence of Old Norse rúnir, rúnar 'magic signs, hidden lore'.
Rhymes
afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon
Definition of rune in US English:
rune
nounro͞onrun
1A letter of an ancient Germanic alphabet, related to the Roman alphabet.
Runes were used by Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons from about the 3rd century. They were formed mainly by modifying Roman or Greek characters to suit carving, and were used both in writing and in divination
- This is a written language which looks similar to runes and other ancient scripts, however academics have been struggling for many years to correctly decipher it.
- The original manuscript has the equivalent letters embedded as runes.
- They also plan to erect a standing stone in New York City's Central Park, carved with Viking runes in honour of Eriksson's 1000th anniversary.
- The Nazi's made good use of the runes and Germanic icons because they were Germanic and thus nationalizing, and because they just looked cool.
- There were several different versions of some of the runes, and individual runes might be carved back-to-front or upside down.
- He was a jeweler of sorts but as a hobby he spiffed around in ancient runes and languages.
- The smooth stone walls of the place were covered in runes and Glyphs.
- He pressed a button, and the runes changed into English letters.
- Oddly enough, I memorized the Anglo-Saxon rune alphabet in high school with a friend of mine so we could pass notes in geometry class.
- ‘They seem to be in the same language as the runes on the Lasershot, but older,’ he said.
- Some of the unusual runes on the Kensington Rune Stone turn out to belong to the secret tradesmen's version of the alphabet.
- The runes also show a path of progression from the Elder Futhark, to the Anglo-Saxon runes with some influence from Ogham, to English.
- They had no written language beyond a crude system of notations which were even more limited than the runes of Earth's ancient barbarians.
- If you convince yourself that you will get some deeper insight into a situation by interpreting the situation in terms of a set of abstract symbols like the runes, you will probably get that insight.
- Both bear diplomatic plates and a licence which purports to be in the language of Old Britain, derived from Finnish, Estonian, ancient runes and a lot of ethno-linguistic study.
- They walked into a huge building, a temple riddled with runes and hieroglyphs.
- Covering the hilt were runes of some lost language, and in the centre was an impressive green gemstone.
- There were some ancient stones with runes carved into them in a place in Denmark called Jelling, they were pretty cool.
- There are several threads on the runes and Futhark here, if you want to know more.
- As with relics or ancient runes, it's all about touching, reading, pondering, examining.
letter, figure, symbol, sign, mark, type, cipher, device, hieroglyph- 1.1 A mark or letter of mysterious or magic significance.
- In fact he wore a complete set of finely made golden samurai armor, and in his gauntleted hands he carried a pair of long wooden swords, each one with ancient runes scrawled up their sides.
- Around its edges strange runes were carved into it, giving it a unique, magical air.
- Nearly all the stones were cut in perfect spheres each with a rune that marked the element that they represented.
- Many New Agers seem to like Tolkein, so the fact that his Hobbits used a kind of runes in their writing may have enhanced the association of runic letters with magic and mystery.
- Every stone of the edifice was marked with a rune, coursing with magical strength.
- Ancient and intricate runes were carved all over it, and the statues of the Goddess Aurora lining the walls all seemed to be gazing at it in appreciation.
- The runes and designs on their bodies moved in the firelight.
- Four pillars stood in the four corners and in the center was a stone altar adorned with strange runes.
- They took bottles of differing colors of dyes and began to paint his body in the patterns of runes and symbols as ancient as Eire itself.
- "I can decipher these runes, " she said, leaning on the rock.
- It's a large stone tablet, covered in runes and markings.
- The walls were covered with writing and occasional symbols which I understood to be runes.
- Queer runes and letterings were scratched across the wallpaper, which was tarnished and weathered with age.
- Carefully consulting the book, he scrawled various glyphs and runes at certain points in the design.
- Unlike Belloc's old staff, the new staves were ornately carved with runes and ancient arcane symbols.
- He pulled several down and discovered that the pages were stamped with bizarre runes of what must have been the written form of the Martian language.
- Strange runes that glowed with fire were carved upon the stone pinnacles.
- They hadn't been walking for very long when the mage stopped at a plain, metal door with a rune carved heavily in its surface.
- His brother had spent nearly all day and night trying to carve a simple rune into the face of a small amethyst.
- The sword was impressively worked with runes and magic carvings, most of which glowed slightly in various colors.
emblem, symbol, logo, badge, stamp, trademark, crest, insignia, coat of arms, escutcheon, seal, mark, figure, design, logotype, logogram, monogram, hallmark, tag, motto, token, motif, colophon, ideogram - 1.2runes Small stones, pieces of bone, etc., bearing runes, and used as divinatory symbols.the casting of the runes
- Since I read the cards and runes too, maybe divination, thought experiment and fable-telling can all flow together for me.
- Numerological significance can greatly add to the power of the runes when used in magic.
- Some of us want to learn more about runes, Tarot, and divining skills.
- Proper use of magick then, might entail casting the runes to decide whether a course of action is appropriate.
- My 9-year-old can lay out cards, cast runes, or make a hexagram.
- It helps to meditate on your question beforehand, as we're taught to do with Tarot, runes, and the like.
- I do not think that any one form seems superior to any others, but then again, I am only seriously experienced with runes for divination.
- Add a few divination or protection symbols, and you are ready to start using your runes!
- They are not afraid to use tarot cards, runes, a dowsing rod, or other new techniques to find their way.
- Repeat until you have your full set of runes and an instinctive understanding of how to use them in a variety of ways and for a variety of purposes.
- I have been doing it for almost seven years but if you asked me to use runes I'm going to need the book!
- There is evidence that the Norse used runes for divination before the 12 th or 13 th centuries, however.
- The medicine man was always asking me why I worked with runes and other belief systems.
- Besides tarot reading there are also runes, pendulums, Numerology, palm reading, tealeaf reading, scrying, and dowsing.
- I have yet to really read my runes purely intuitively, mainly because I see my runes as the no-nonsense divination tool I have.
- Anyone can make a set of runes by burning the symbols on bits of wood or painting them on stones worn smooth by water.
- Of course, one needn't be limited to just tarot in this sense; the I-Ching, runes, bibliomancy, cut-ups, etc. could be used in the same manner.
- The runes and the tarot cards are basically back-up information to my intuition; they strengthen my resolve.
- Priests and Priestesses alike don't need runes to cast magic.
- 1.3 A spell or incantation.
- One was using recordings I made of rune meditations and mixing bits from each rune into a word spell.
- She began to speak the ancient runes that would enact the spell and was surprised to see the world around her lighten a few shades.
- The walked past the gigantic, humming engine, which was covered with runes and marks that channeled the magic that made it run smoothly.
- A person can go on about sigils, runes and spells for hours in an educated and well read fashion but how far does that match up with personal experience?
- If I was as drunk as these bottles say I was, I couldn't have cast a rune, let alone a spell.
- As for bind runes, I'll share that bit for the class here as well.
- One may also bury a piece of wood inscribed with a protection rune or script.
- One must dedicate time, and energy in learning the basics of the Craft - its rituals, rules, rites and runes.
- Several ancient runes were engraved upon the walls of the stairwell.
incantation, charm, conjuration, magic formula - 1.4 A section of the Kalevala or of an ancient Scandinavian poem.
- The runes were collected by a young poet on his long travels for this very purpose.
- There was a Danish king of that name who was famed for his generosity, to whom the rune poem probably refers.
Origin
Old English rūn ‘a secret, mystery’; not recorded between Middle English and the late 17th century, when it was reintroduced under the influence of Old Norse rúnir, rúnar ‘magic signs, hidden lore’.