rune

rune
\ \ [17] Old English had a word rūn, which appears originally to have denoted ‘mystery’, and hence ‘carved or written character with mysterious or magical properties’. This had died out by the end of the Middle Ages, but its Old Norse relative *rún lived on to become modern Swedish runa and Danish rune, and when antiquarian interest in the ancient runic writing system developed in Britain in the 16th century, they were borrowed into English as rune.

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  • rune — rune …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Rune RK — Birth name Rune Reilly Kølsch Also known as Rune, Heavy Rock Born 1979 (age 31–32) Origin Copenhagen, Denmark Genres …   Wikipedia

  • rune — [ ryn ] n. f. • 1653; norv. rune, et suéd. runa; got. runa « secret; écriture secrète » ♦ Didact. Caractère de l ancien alphabet des langues germaniques orientales (gotique) et septentrionales (nordique ou norrois). Les runes nous sont connues… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Rune — (r[udd]n), n. [AS. r[=u]n a rune, a secret, a mystery; akin to Icel. r[=u]n, OHG. & Goth. r[=u]na a secret, secret colloquy, G. & Dan. rune rune, and probably to Gr. ereyna^n to search for. Cf. {Roun} to whisper.] 1. A letter, or character,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rune — RÚNE s.f. pl. Caractere grafice ale celor mai vechi alfabete germanice. – Din germ. Runen, fr. runes. Trimis de LauraGellner, 12.11.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  rúne s. f. pl. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  …   Dicționar Român

  • Rune — Sf erw. fach. (17. Jh., runisch runa 6. Jh.) Entlehnung. Als Bezeichnung der alten germanischen Schriftzeichen wiederbelebt aus anord. rún, ae. rūn Rune . Dieses wird üblicherweise verknüpft mit einem Wort für Geheimnis, Geraune (raunen). Sicher… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • rune — O.E. run, rune secret, mystery, dark mysterious statement, also a runic letter, from P.Gmc. *runo (Cf. O.N. run a secret, magic sign, runic character, O.H.G. runa a secret conversation, whisper, Goth. runa), from PIE *ru no , source of technical… …   Etymology dictionary

  • rune — rȗne ž mn DEFINICIJA znakovno pismo (nastalo poč. nove ere) isprva starih Germana, potom osobito Skandinavaca, sačuvano u natpisima na kamenim pločama i predmetima od drugog materijala ETIMOLOGIJA njem. Rune ← germ. runa: tajna ≃ skand. raunen …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • rune — rune; rune·staff; …   English syllables

  • Rune — Rune: Mhd. rūne, ahd. rūna »Geheimnis; geheime Beratung; Geflüster«, got. rūna »Geheimnis; ‹geheimer› Ratschluss«, aengl. rūn »Geheimnis; Beratung; Runenzeichen«, aisl. rūn »Geheimnis; Zauberzeichen; Runenzeichen« beruhen auf germ. *rūnō… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • rune — [ro͞on] n. [ME roun < OE run, secret, mystery, runic character; readopted in the 17th c. in form of ON rūn: both < IE echoic base * reu , hoarse sound, roar, grumble > Welsh rhin, secret, L raucus, hoarse; in RUNE sense 3a < Finn runo …   English World dictionary

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