rune

Etymology
Borrowed from, which is from , which is borrowed either from or from the same source as it; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
 * 2) A Finnic or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
 * 3) A letter or mark used as a mystical or magic symbol.
 * 4) A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
 * Where the daylight peeps thro' like the glint of the Moon, / And the branches are rustling a murmurous rune, / The Owls sit in council like prophets of Fate, / Discussing grave questions of Kingdom and State.
 * 1)  A Unicode code point.
 * 1) A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
 * Where the daylight peeps thro' like the glint of the Moon, / And the branches are rustling a murmurous rune, / The Owls sit in council like prophets of Fate, / Discussing grave questions of Kingdom and State.
 * 1)  A Unicode code point.
 * 1)  A Unicode code point.
 * 1)  A Unicode code point.
 * 1)  A Unicode code point.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 盧恩
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: rún
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, Runenbuchstabe,
 * Greek: ρούνος
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: rúnscríbhinn
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ルーン文字
 * Kazakh: руна
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: руна
 * Manx: roon
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: rune, runestav, runetegn
 * Nynorsk: rune, runestav, runeteikn
 * Occitan: runa
 * Old Norse: rún
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: runa
 * Proto-Norse: ᚱᚢᚾᛟ
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: อักษรรูน
 * Turkish: ,
 * Uzbek: runa
 * Volapük: raunatonat
 * Welsh: rŵn, llythyren rwnig


 * Finnish:
 * Ingrian: runo
 * Japanese: 北欧古詩;  北欧神話
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: rune


 * Bulgarian: магически знак
 * Finnish: mystinen merkki


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Japanese:

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Etymology
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Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  secretive whispering

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1

 * likely a reanalysis of plural, whence also ..

Etymology 2
Related to.

Noun

 * 1) an old formula, particularly a verse or a proverb