rune

Meaning

1. A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
2. Any visually similar script, such as Hungarian runes (the Old Hungarian script) or Turkic runes (the Old Turkic script).
3. A Finnic or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
4. A letter or mark used as a mystical or magic symbol.
5. A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
6. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete) Alternative form of roun (“secret or mystery”).
7. A Unicode code point.

Synonyms

runic letter

halter

incantation

letter

Translations

rune

runa

Rune

runa

runa

rune

rune

carattere runico

rün

runa

ρούνος

germen alfabesinde bir harf

الحرف الروني

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹuːn/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: rune

Cognate with German: Rune

Cognate with Danish: rune

Cognate with Swedish: runa

In summary

Borrowed from Old Norse rún, which is from Proto-Germanic *rūnō (“letter, literature, secret”), which is borrowed either from Proto-Celtic *rūnā or from the same source as it; compare Dutch rune, German Rune, Raune, Danish rune and Swedish runa. Compare roun.
; Finnic epic poem
; "code point"