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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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Image Wagner boasted the sledgehammer as its symbol, a rune that denoted Russian power.
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Nicolas Niarchos, New York Times, 13 May 2025
The amount of runes gained has been increased for solo expeditions.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Further in the campaign, the shield is imbued with runes that give it other ways to attack.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
And then there are white supremacists, who have emblazoned themselves with swastikas, Norse runes, the SS logo, and other symbols.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
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Nicolas Niarchos, New York Times, 13 May 2025
The amount of runes gained has been increased for solo expeditions.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Further in the campaign, the shield is imbued with runes that give it other ways to attack.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
And then there are white supremacists, who have emblazoned themselves with swastikas, Norse runes, the SS logo, and other symbols.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
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 1 Jul. 2025.
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