rune
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- noun
- /ruːn/
- Literature
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runa
- What do the runes say?
- magic runes
- secrets of runes
So the Lilith rune of mind control, he can use it.
- So the Lilith rune of mind control, he can use it.
- They use what look a little bit like Nordic runes on the album artwork.
- In the right hand, which had been charred to the bone she'd been she'd drawn the rune pier above the bed and left it at that.
- So there, you know, some sort of unity was lost when this ring was broken and that rune was no longer able to be repeated.
- Unless you are some like a down world or a shadowhunter, you can't handle runes so you will go crazy.
Examples
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They use what look a little bit like Nordic runes on the album artwork.
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Take the example of the rune stone in Norway found face down.
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How did you get past the rune stone?
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The birth rune... does she still wear it?
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I have no powers until they recover the rune.
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Clary, which rune is that?
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I knew now what the runes on the map meant.
Fiction book (1991) -
These runes speak of a hidden passage to the Lower Halls.
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These are ancient runes.
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Many examples of rune stones can be found throughout Scandinavia.
Synonyms
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A letter from an old Germanic alphabet used long ago in northern Europe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rune comes from an old German word rún meaning 'secret' or 'whisper'. So a rune was both a letter and a hidden or magical sign, which is why people long ago thought runes had power.