runer
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
runer (plural runers)
- A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths.
- 1690, William Temple, “Of Poetry”, in Miscellanea. The Second Part. [...], 2nd edition, London: […] J. R. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], →OCLC, section, page 319:
- Those Runers who could not raise Admiration by the Spirit of their Poetry
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “runer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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Danish edit
Noun edit
runer c
- indefinite plural of rune
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
runer f pl
- indefinite plural of run (“witchcraft, runes”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
runer f pl
- indefinite plural of rune
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Germanic, from Frankish *rūnen, *rūnōn (“to whisper”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnōną (“to talk secrets, whisper, decide”), *raunijaną (“to investigate, examine, prove”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)rewə-, *(e)rwō- (“to trace, find out, look out”). Cognate with Old High German rūnen, rūnōn (“to whisper, murmur”), Old English rūnian (“to whisper”). More at round.
Verb edit
runer
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | runer | avoir runé | |||||
gerund | en runant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | runant | ||||||
past participle | runé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | run | runes | rune | runons | runez | runent |
imperfect | runoie, runeie, runoe, runeve | runoies, runeies, runoes, runeves | runoit, runeit, runot, runeve | runiiens, runiens | runiiez, runiez | runoient, runeient, runoent, runevent | |
preterite | runai | runas | runa | runames | runastes | runerent | |
future | runerai | runeras | runera | runerons | runeroiz, runereiz, runerez | runeront | |
conditional | runeroie, runereie | runeroies, runereies | runeroit, runereit | runeriiens, runeriens | runeriiez, runeriez | runeroient, runereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | run | runs | runt | runons | runez | runent |
imperfect | runasse | runasses | runast | runissons, runissiens | runissoiz, runissez, runissiez | runassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | rune | — | runons | runez | — |