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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

runestaff en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English run-staf (attested in the plural as run-staven), from Old English rūnstæf, from Proto-West Germanic *rūnustab, from Proto-Germanic *rūnōstabaz. Cognate with Old High German rūnstab, rūnstafa, Danish runestav, Swedish runstav, Faroese rúnastavur. Compare English bookstaff. By surface analysis, rune + staff.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:archaic or puristic) A runic letter or character.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
runestaffs Number=Plur lexicographic
runestave alternative lexicographic
runestaves Number=Plur lexicographic