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runestone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹunˌstoʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *rūnābor.? Proto-Germanic *rūnō Proto-Germanic *rūnǭ Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo) Old Norse rúnbor. English rune Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *stóyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone English runestone From rune + stone.

Meanings

1. An ancient monument consisting of a typically raised stone with a runic inscription.
2. A small tile-shaped stone or tablet with a single rune inscribed on it, used for divinatory and esoteric purposes.

Forms

Translations (24)

fr pierre runique (stone with a runic inscription) · uk руні́чний ка́мінь (stone with a runic inscription) · vo raunaston (stone with a runic inscription) · pt pedra rúnica (stone with a runic inscription) · lt runų akmuo (stone with a runic inscription) · it pietra runica (stone with a runic inscription) · io runpetro (stone with a runic inscription) · de Runenstein (stone with a runic inscription) · da runesten (stone with a runic inscription) · pl kamień runiczny (stone with a runic inscription) · id batu Rune (stone with a runic inscription) · ca pedra rúnica (stone with a runic inscription) · nb runesten (stone with a runic inscription) · sv runsten (stone with a runic inscription) · nb runestein (stone with a runic inscription) · eo runŝtono (stone with a runic inscription) · et ruunikivi (stone with a runic inscription) · es piedra rúnica (cf. estela rúnica f) (stone with a runic inscription) · nl runensteen (stone with a runic inscription) · nn runestein (stone with a runic inscription) · gl pedra rúnica (stone with a runic inscription) · ru руни́ческий ка́мень (stone with a runic inscription) · fi riimukivi (stone with a runic inscription) · he אֶבֶן רוּנוֹת (stone with a runic inscription)