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Definition of Runes
1. rune [n] - See also: rune
Lexicographical Neighbors of Runes
Literary usage of Runes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Some examples of runes have been found in Ireland, France and Rumania. The best
British examples are found on a cross in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1907)
"The runes were, in all probability, originally carved in wood, and sometimes
filled in with red paint to make them more distinct. ..."
3. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1840)
"OH Anglo-Saxon runes. By JOHN M. KEMBLE, Esq. THE particular object of the
following remarks are the runes of the Anglo-Saxons, whether as to their use in ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"A poet of the 6th century, Venantius Fortunatus, tells of runes being written on
... Some examples of runes have been found in Ireland, France and Rumania. ..."
5. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1899)
"SCANDINAVIAN runes IN AMERICA.—A sensation was started among the literary men
and historians of Chicago and vicinity, a few months ago, by the news that a ..."
6. The Traditional Poetry of the Finns by Domenico Comparetti, Isabella Mary Anderton (1898)
"The runes relating to him form a minor poem inserted into the larger. They constitute
a beautiful and tragic episode, it is true, but one so little bound up ..."
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