runester

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “perhaps from Scandinavian languages?”) Equivalent to rune +‎ -ster.

Noun

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runester (plural runesters)

  1. A person well versed in runelore; an expert at runes; a user of runes for esoteric purposes.
    • 1989, Edred Thorsson, A Handbook of Esoteric Runology, page 3:
      The exoteric facts and interpretations contained in these pages will serve the runester well as an introduction to the wondrous world of rune wisdom developed in the second half of the book.

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