Definizione monolingua

rune

rune (plural runes)

1. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
2. A Finnish poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
3. Any verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; an incantation.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the ""Stranger Peoples"" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 15:

     the fiddle sang and sang as ceaselessly as the chanting cicada without, and the frogs intoning their sylvan runes by the waterside.

4. (obsolete) A roun.

Definizione dizionario rune

	runa
	a letter or character

carattere runico

Altri significati:

A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.

a Finnish poem

(obsolete) A roun.

Any verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; an incantation.

A Finnish poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.