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- Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet
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: any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
Examples of rune in a Sentence
wrote many mournful runes after her lover's untimely death
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All across Central Europe, a fascination with runes and folk magic aligns with both right-wing xenophobia and left-wing paganism.
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
Because the weapon is in the lab, Sayer’s team hasn’t yet examined all of its mysterious runes.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
It is expected, for instance, that players will have to ask their dungeon master whether their characters recognize a glowing rune or can quote the ancient scriptures.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
Well, except for a corpse that washed up with a disturbing message delivered in a disturbing fashion, runes carved on his chest.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
Because the weapon is in the lab, Sayer’s team hasn’t yet examined all of its mysterious runes.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
It is expected, for instance, that players will have to ask their dungeon master whether their characters recognize a glowing rune or can quote the ancient scriptures.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
Well, except for a corpse that washed up with a disturbing message delivered in a disturbing fashion, runes carved on his chest.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for rune
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“Rune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rune. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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