Illustration of rune
- Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet
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: any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
Examples of rune in a Sentence
wrote many mournful runes after her lover's untimely death
Recent Examples on the Web
The runes of the not-quite-midi, not-quite-maxi skirt could be read across the recent collections.
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Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2024
Parallels between the number 44 and the SS rune of the Nazi Schutzstaffel paramilitary organization — similar to two lightning bolts — were first drawn last week on social media.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Like many Nazi symbols, Heck’s logo was based not on ancient runes (as often mythologized by Hitler) but on a pseudo-rune created by Austrian occultist Guido von List in the early 20th century.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old iron knife with engravings that could be the oldest runes ever identified in Denmark.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
The tablet was inscribed with runes recording a massacre of Scandinavian explorers deep in North America—more than a century before Columbus set sail.
—Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Several of its runes are either ancient forms that had been discarded by the 14th century or more modern ones that had not yet come into use.
—Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Bermudez and Craven saw runes in Iceland, beaches in French Polynesia and temples in Peru.
—Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
Alongside the theatre’s Greek Revival architecture, the Loverboy Red Coats combine Mark Rothko’s lyrical application of the color red with Anglo-Saxon runes relating to service and help.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2023
Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2024
Parallels between the number 44 and the SS rune of the Nazi Schutzstaffel paramilitary organization — similar to two lightning bolts — were first drawn last week on social media.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Like many Nazi symbols, Heck’s logo was based not on ancient runes (as often mythologized by Hitler) but on a pseudo-rune created by Austrian occultist Guido von List in the early 20th century.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old iron knife with engravings that could be the oldest runes ever identified in Denmark.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
The tablet was inscribed with runes recording a massacre of Scandinavian explorers deep in North America—more than a century before Columbus set sail.
—Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Several of its runes are either ancient forms that had been discarded by the 14th century or more modern ones that had not yet come into use.
—Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Bermudez and Craven saw runes in Iceland, beaches in French Polynesia and temples in Peru.
—Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
Alongside the theatre’s Greek Revival architecture, the Loverboy Red Coats combine Mark Rothko’s lyrical application of the color red with Anglo-Saxon runes relating to service and help.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2023
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“Rune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rune. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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