1
: any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
3
[Finnish runo, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse rūn]
a
: a Finnish or Old Norse poem
- Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet
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