rune

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Old English 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse rún. Compare roun.

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• IPA: /ruːn/
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  Rhymes: -uːn

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rune (plural runes)

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, p. 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.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of enru
• Nuer

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[edit] Dutch

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• IPA: /'rynə/

Hyphenation: ru‧ne

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de rune f (m), plural runen

1. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons

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[edit] Italian

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rune f.

1. Plural form of runa.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'ru:ne/

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rūne

1. nominative/accusative plural of rūn
2. accusative/genitive/dative singular of rūn