Lexic.us

Definition of Runic

1. Adjective. Relating to or consisting of runes. "Runic inscription"

Definition of Runic

1. a. Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.

Definition of Runic

1. Proper noun. An ancient Germanic language written using runes ¹

2. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or written using runes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Runic

1. pertaining to a rune [adj] - See also: rune

Lexicographical Neighbors of Runic

Literary usage of Runic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Australian Ex Libris Society (1890)
"George Forrest Browne, BD, Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge University, entitled " On a runic Inscription recently found at ..."

2. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1872)
"194 Bracteate Pendant, found in Bifrons Cemetery 196 runic Inscription on Stone Pillar at ... 199 runic Inscription on Stone Pillar at Tun, Norway 201 runic ..."

3. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1872)
"PAGE Gold Triens in British Museum 175 runic Inscription on the Duke of Brunswick's Casket 17!) runic Inscription on Stone Pillar at ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"runic ALPHABET and WANDS. This alphabet, peculiar to the ancient northern tribes ... The similarity of a few runic characters to corresponding Roman ones, ..."

5. History of the Norwegian People by Knut Gjerset (1915)
"The older runic alphabet consists of twenty-four characters, divided into three equal ... Early runic alphabet. The first six characters form the word ..."

6. In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times by Fridtjof Nansen (1911)
"On the estate of Honen, in Ringerike, there was found at the beginning of last century a runic stone, which was still to be seen there in 1823, ..."

7. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1892)
"NOTE C. ON THE runic ALPHABET OF THE GOTHS, THE ALPHABET OP ULFILAS, ... As is well known, the runic alphabets varied considerably both in the number and ..."

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