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   rune

   /ruːn/

   noun

   • 1. a letter of an ancient Germanic alphabet, related to the Roman alphabet: "long ago, a rune had been carved in the centre of the stone"
   • ▪ a symbol with mysterious or magic significance.
   • ▪ small stones, pieces of bone, etc., bearing symbols with mysterious or magic significance, and used in divination: "the casting of the runes"
   • ▪ a spell or incantation.
   • 2. a section of the Kalevala or of an ancient Scandinavian poem.

   Word Origin Old Englishrūn ‘a secret, mystery’; not recorded between Middle English and the late 17th century, when it was reintroduced under the influence of Old Norse rúnir, rúnar ‘magic signs, hidden lore’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. runic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

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