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Antonyms for rune

Grammar : Noun
Spell : roon
Phonetic Transcription : run

Definition of rune

Origin :
  • Old English run, rune "secret, mystery, dark mysterious statement, (secret) council," also "a runic letter" (runstæf), from Proto-Germanic *runo (cf. Old Norse run "a secret, magic sign, runic character," Old High German runa "a secret conversation, whisper," Gothic runa), from PIE *ru-no-, source of technical terms of magic in Germanic and Celtic (cf. Gaelic run "a secret, mystery, craft, deceit, purpose, intention, desire," Welsh rhin "a secret, charm, virtue." Cf. also Runnymede.
  • The word entered Middle English as roun and by normal evolution would have become Modern English *rown, but it died out mid-15c. when the use of runes did. The modern usage is from late 17c., from German philologists who had reintroduced the word in their writings from a Scandinavian source (cf. Danish rune, from Old Norse run). The runic alphabet is believed to have developed by 2c. C.E. from contact with Greek writing, with the letters modified to be more easily cut into wood or stone.
  • As in incantation : noun spell, magic
  • As in invocation : noun prayer
  • As in letter : noun symbol of an alphabet
  • As in magic : noun supernatural power; appearance
  • As in mystery : noun puzzle, secret
  • As in poem : noun highly expressive, rhythmical literary piece
  • As in poetry : noun expressive, rhythmic literary work
  • As in rhyme : noun poetry in which lines end with like sounds
  • As in spell : noun magical aura over an entity
  • As in verse : noun written composition
  • As in picture writing : noun expression by pictures
  • As in character : noun written symbol
  • As in perplexity : noun mystery
  • As in poesy : noun poem
  • As in prestidigitation : noun magic
  • As in puzzler : noun mystery
  • As in thaumaturgy : noun magic
  • As in theurgy : noun magic
  • As in alphabet : noun letters of a writing system
Example sentences :
  • On the top of the armring there was a small fingerring with a rune graved upon it.
  • Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum
  • In the Kalevala it is a bee that brings the honey which restores Lemminkinen; Rune 15, 530.
  • Extract from : « The Folk-Tales of the Magyars » by Various
  • The fourth rune was the Rune of the Green Trees and of all things that grow.
  • Extract from : « The Washer of the Ford » by Fiona Macleod
  • The seventh rune was the Rune of Death, from the quenching of a gnat to the fading of the stars.
  • Extract from : « The Washer of the Ford » by Fiona Macleod
  • The eighth rune was the Rune of the Soul that dieth not, and the Spirit that is.
  • Extract from : « The Washer of the Ford » by Fiona Macleod
  • Is the boy of so much importance that I must carve his rune on a separate stick?
  • Extract from : « The Vinland Champions » by Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
  • What is the rune that is said for the throwing into the sea of the sins of the dead?
  • Extract from : « The Best Psychic Stories » by Various
  • Their voices were like the rune of the heart of the forest, like the music of deep streams.
  • Extract from : « Helmet of Navarre » by Bertha Runkle
  • To effecte which, they resolved to rune a high course, and of great adventure, not knowing otherwise how to bring it aboute.
  • Extract from : « Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' » by William Bradford
  • Into these deepe sumes had Mr. Allerton rune them in tow years, for in ye later end of ye year 1628.
  • Extract from : « Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' » by William Bradford

Synonyms for rune

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