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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rune1 (ro̅o̅n),USA pronunciation n. - Linguisticsany of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, esp. of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- something written or inscribed in such characters.
- an aphorism, poem, or saying with mystical meaning or for use in casting a spell.
- Old Norse rūn a secret, writing, runic character; cognate with Old English rūn (Middle English rune, obsolete English roun). See round2
- 1675–85
rune′like′, adj. rune2 (ro̅o̅n),USA pronunciation n. [Literary.]- Slang Termsa poem, song, or verse.
- Scandinavian. See rune1
- Finnish runo poem, canto
- 1865–70
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