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moon rune en · NOUN

Etymology

Compound of moon + rune. Possibly influenced by moon-letters, a secret writing system in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit.

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see moon, rune. ▸ A runestone or similar object associated with the moon.
   • Pull the lever to turn the Moon Rune bridge around so you can get the Moon Rune. 2000, Mel Odom, Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm official strategy guide
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see moon, rune. ▸ A rune or other writing indicating or associated with the moon.
   • This knowledge, then, was to come – as the Moon rune, or rune of the night, signified – in the form of dreams. 2011, David Bilsborough, The Wanderer's Tale, page 73:
3. Incomprehensible writing; moonrunes.
   • You know this freaky-creepy weird vase up here that has that moon rune writing on it? 2014, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Son of No One: Hellchaser #6:

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