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English
Etymology
From rune + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
runic (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.
- Of a song or verse, mystically or obscurely expressed.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 164:Then flowered the mead, then leafed all
'Twas caused by the runic lay.
Translations
of, pertaining to, or written using runes
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German runisch or French runique.
Adjective
runic m or n (feminine singular runică, masculine plural runici, feminine and neuter plural runice)
- runic
Declension