Old English run, rune "secret, mystery, dark mysterious statement, (secret) council," also "a runic letter" (runstæf), from Proto-Germanic *runo (source also of Old Norse run " [..]

In a writing system designed to be scratched or carved on a flat surface such as wood or stone, the individual letters are known as runes. Typically, these markings have few or no curves, circles, or [..]

(Derived from an early Anglo-Saxon word "runa" meaning "secret" or "mystery.") It was originally a pictorial alphabet used Northern Italy, circa 5 [..]

From the Anglo-Saxon run, meaning "secret" or "mystery." A letter of the earliest Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon alphabet (called Futhark) consisting of 24 letters in three families [..]

(n) any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages

Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore, rune".

Runes were used in a script formerly found in northern Europe and are particularly associated with Viking monuments. The script is based on a combination of vertical and diagonal cuts in wood or stone [..]

Mystery. Also a rune is a letter of the Norse "alphabet", or futhark, and has both a phonetic value and a concept association.

A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons. A Finnish or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division [..]

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Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore, rune".