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rune-risting en · NOUN
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(countable, uncountable) A runic inscription.
To the untiring zeal, and energy, and tact, and patriotism of Mr. Stephens we are therefore most deeply indebted for his skill in deciphering these old “Rune-Ristings.”
1866 December 29, The Spectator, London, page 1469, column 2:Whatever the staves mean, this is the only such secret rune-risting yet found.
1884, George Stephens, Handbook of the Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, page 246:
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(countable, uncountable) The carving of runes.
[A]nd the purpose of rune-risting was more often than not to do with soothsaying or sorcery.
1957, Brian Branston, Lost Gods of England, page 50:
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