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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Runic en · ADJ

Etymology

From rune + -ic, because such languages were written using runes.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of runic.
    alt of runic

Runic en · PROPN

Etymology

From rune + -ic, because such languages were written using runes.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard, qualifier:lax) Any of the ancient Germanic languages which were written using runes.
    • So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished. 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155: