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runic

[ roo-nik ]

adjective

  1. consisting of or set down in runes: rune:

    runic inscriptions.

  2. having some secret or mysterious meaning:

    runic rhyme.

  3. (of ornamental knots, figures, etc.) of an interlaced form seen on ancient monuments, metalwork, etc., of the northern European peoples.
  4. of the ancient Scandinavian class or type, as literature or poetry.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of runic1

First recorded in 1655–65; rune 1 + -ic
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“It’s one of the best executed runic inscriptions that I have ever seen,†Imer said.

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The earliest runic find is on a bone comb found in Denmark.

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He remembers one arrangement, a soiled onesie on a chessboard mat splashed with runic handwriting.

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The logo for the technology is designed from the Scandinavian runic letters for the king’s initials, HB.

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Not just because their staves swirl into dizzying spirals, assume runic shapes and radiate from the center of the page like sound itself, but because of their hand-hewn humanity.

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