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Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “? modern use of Old Norse rista = to carve”)
Noun
rune-risting (countable and uncountable, plural rune-ristings)
- A runic inscription.
1866 December 29, The Spectator, London, page 1469, column 2: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.”
1884, George Stephens, Handbook of the Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, page 246:Whatever the staves mean, this is the only such secret rune-risting yet found.
- The carving of runes.
1957, Brian Branston, Lost Gods of England, page 50:[A]nd the purpose of rune-risting was more often than not to do with soothsaying or sorcery.