runer

English

Etymology

rune +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːnə(ɹ)/

Noun

runer (plural runers)

1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

• re-run, rerun

Danish

Noun

runer c

1. indefinite plural of rune

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rʉːnər/

Etymology 1

Noun

runer f pl

1. indefinite plural of run (“witchcraft, runes”)

Etymology 2

Noun

runer f pl

1. indefinite plural of rune

Old French

Etymology

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

runer

1. To whisper, murmur.
2. To mumble; intone in a low voice.

Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of runer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
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	—

Related terms

• rune