English-Thai Dictionary

rune

N ตัวอักษร  old Germanic letter tua-ak-son

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUNE

n.[See Runic. ] The runic letter or character.

 

RUNER

n.A bard or learned man among the ancient Goths. [See Runic. ]

 

RUNES

n.plu. Gothic poetry or rhymes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RUNE

Rune (run ), n. Etym: [AS. run a rune, a secret, a mystery; akin to Icel. run, OHG. & Goth. runa 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, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general.

 

Note: The Norsemen had a peculiar alphabet, consisting of sixteen letters, or characters, called runes, the origin of which is lost in the remotest antiquity. The signification of the word rune (mystery ) seems to allude to the fact that originally only a few were acquainted with the use of these marks, and that they were mostly applied to secret tricks, witchcrafts and enchantments. But the runes were also used in communication by writing.

 

2. pl.

 

Defn: Old Norse poetry expressed in runes. Runes were upon his tongue, As on the warrior's sword. Longfellow. Rune stone, a stone bearing a runic inscription.

 

RUNER

RUNER Ru "ner, n.

 

Defn: A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths. Sir W. Temple.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rune

rune |ro͞on run | ▶noun a letter of an ancient Germanic alphabet, related to the Roman alphabet. • a similar mark of mysterious or magic significance. • (runes ) small stones, pieces of bone, etc. , bearing such marks, and used as divinatory symbols: the casting of the runes. • a spell or incantation. • a section of the Kalevala or of an ancient Scandinavian poem. [from Finnish runo, from Old Norse. ] Runes were used by Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons from about the 3rd century. They were formed mainly by modifying Roman or Greek characters to suit carving, and were used both in writing and in divination. DERIVATIVES ru nic |ˈro͞onik |adjective ORIGIN Old English rūn ‘a secret, mystery ’; not recorded between Middle English and the late 17th cent. when it was reintroduced under the influence of Old Norse rúnir, rúnar ‘magic signs, hidden lore. ’

 

rune stone

rune stone ▶noun 1 a large stone carved with runes by ancient Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons. 2 a small stone, piece of bone, etc. , marked with a rune and used in divination.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rune

rune |ruːn | ▶noun 1 a letter of an ancient Germanic alphabet, related to the Roman alphabet. • a symbol with mysterious or magic significance. • (runes ) 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. Runes were used by Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons from about the 3rd century. They were formed mainly by modifying Roman or Greek characters to suit carving, and were used both in writing and in divination. PHRASES read the runes Brit. try to forecast the outcome of a situation by analysing all the significant factors involved. DERIVATIVES runic adjective ORIGIN Old English rūn ‘a secret, mystery ’; not recorded between Middle English and the late 17th cent. , when it was reintroduced under the influence of Old Norse rúnir, rúnar ‘magic signs, hidden lore ’.

 

rune stone

rune stone ▶noun 1 a large stone carved with runes by ancient Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons. 2 a small stone, piece of bone, etc. , marked with a rune and used in divination.

 

Duden Dictionary

Rune

Ru ne Substantiv, feminin , die |R u ne |die Rune; Genitiv: der Rune, Plural: die Runen mittelhochdeutsch rūne, althochdeutsch rūna = Geheimnis; geheime Beratung; Geflüster, wahrscheinlich eigentlich = (heimliches ) Flüstern, Tuscheln; lautmalend Zeichen der von den Germanen benutzten Schrift

 

Runenalphabet

Ru nen al pha bet Substantiv, Neutrum , das |R u nenalphabet |

 

Runenforschung

Ru nen for schung Substantiv, feminin , die |R u nenforschung |

 

Runenschrift

Ru nen schrift Substantiv, feminin , die |R u nenschrift |

 

Runenstein

Ru nen stein Substantiv, maskulin , der |R u nenstein |

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rune

rune /ruːn /名詞 C 1 ルーン文字 〘古代北欧民族が碑文などに用いた 〙.2 神秘的な文字 [記号 ], 呪文 （じゆもん ）.3 古代北欧の詩 .