rune

See also: Rune and runë

EnglishEdit

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Old Norse rún, which is from Proto-Germanic *rūnō (“letter, literature, secret”) or from the Proto-Indo-European root *rew- (“to roar; murmur; mumble; whisper”); compare Dutch rune, German Rune and Swedish runa. Compare roun.

PronunciationEdit

enPR: ro͞on, IPA^(key): /ɹuːn/
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Rhymes: -uːn

NounEdit

rune (plural runes)

A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
A Finnish or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
A letter or mark used as mystical or magic symbol.
A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 15:
  the fiddle sang and sang as ceaselessly as the chanting cicada without, and the frogs intoning their sylvan runes by the waterside.
(obsolete) A roun (secret or mystery).

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

TranslationsEdit

letter or character

Danish: rune (da) c
Dutch: rune (nl) m, f
Faroese: rún f
Finnish: riimu (fi), riimukirjain (fi)
French: rune (fr) f
German: Rune (de) f, Runenbuchstabe m, Runenzeichen (de) n
Greek: ρούνος m (roúnos)
Icelandic: rún (is) f
Italian: runa (it) f
Japanese: ルーン文字 (rūn-moji)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} runa f
Macedonian: руна f (runa)

Manx: roon
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rune m, f, runestav m, runetegn n

Nynorsk: rune f, runestav m, runeteikn n
Old Norse: rún f
Polish: runa (pl) f
Portuguese: runa f
Russian: ру́на (ru) f (rúna)
Spanish: runa (es) f
Swedish: runa (sv) c
Turkish: rün (tr)
Volapük: raunatonat

Finnish or Scandinavian poem

Finnish: runo (fi)
Japanese: (poem) 北欧古詩 (hokuō-koshi); (myth) 北欧神話 (hokuō-shinwa)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: rune m

mystical letter or mark

Finnish: mystinen merkki

mystical verse or song

Finnish: loitsu (fi)

secret or mystery

Finnish: salaisuus (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 占星術 (ja) (senseijutsu)

AnagramsEdit

Nuer, Uren, neur-, urne

DanishEdit

NounEdit

rune c (singular definite runen, plural indefinite runer)

rune

DeclensionEdit

Declension of rune

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rune	runen	runer	runerne
genitive	runes	runens	runers	runernes

ReferencesEdit

“rune” in Den Danske Ordbog

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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