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Rune   /run/   Listen
Rune

noun
1.
Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.  Synonym: runic letter.





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"Rune" Quotes from Famous Books



... perished, but Bishop Browne tells us[1] that when he had photographs taken of the stone in 1886 "there was only one rune left, the 'Oi' of the king's name." "I have seen, however," he says, "the drawing made of the letters when the stone was found, and many of them were still legible when the Rev. Daniel Haigh worked at the stone." There seems little doubt that this most valuable ...
— The Evolution Of An English Town • Gordon Home


Words linked to "Rune" :   runic, character, grapheme, graphic symbol, thorn


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