runic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- ro͞onʹik
- /ˈɹuːnɪk/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *rūnābor.? Proto-Germanic *rūnō Proto-Germanic *rūnǭ Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo) Old Norse rúnbor. English rune Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English runic From rune + -ic.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.
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(not-comparable) Of a song or verse, mystically or obscurely expressed.
Then flowered the mead, then leafed all 'Twas caused by the runic lay.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 164:
Deriveds
nonrunic · runically · runic divination · pseudorunic
Translations (15)
gd rùnach (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · vo raunik (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · tr runik (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · es rúnico (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · pl runiczny (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · cs runový (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · pt rúnico (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · de runisch (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · ca rúnic (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · el ρουνικός (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · it runico (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · tr rünik (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · fi riimu- (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · ru руни́ческий (of, pertaining to, or written using runes) · fr runique (of, pertaining to, or written using runes)