runkunskap

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Swedish

Etymology

Compound of runa (rune) +‎ kunskap (knowledge)

Noun

runkunskap c

  1. runecraft (knowledge of, or skill in, the use of ordinary or magical runes)
    • 1883, Theodor Wisén, “Hávamál”, in Nordisk familjebok 6. Grimsby - Hufvudskatt, Gernandts boktryckeri-aktiebolag, accessed at Runeberg.org, archived from the original on 2016-11-14, page 845:
      Uti den senare delen af Hávamál uppträder Oden såsom den, hvilken med sin magiska runkunskap kan afvärja allahanda sorger och olyckor.
      In the latter part of Hávamál, Odin appears as the one who, with his magical runecraft, can ward off all kinds of sorrows and misfortunes.
    • 2007 September 6, P4 Gotland, “Gotlänningar kan ha ristat amerikansk runsten”, in Sveriges Radio, archived from the original on 2025-02-23:
      – Det är en "äkta" sten från 1880-talet, säger hon. Ett fint monument över 1800-talets runkunskaper, säger hon.
      "It's an 'authentic' runestone from the 1880s," she says. "A fine testament to 19th-century runecraft," she says.
    • 2013, Helmer Gustavson, “Lära sig och lära ut runor – med hjälp av futharken?”, in Situne Dei (pdf), archived from the original on 2024-06-29, page 32:
      Att futharken har spelat en viktig roll när det gällde att lära ut runkunskap och att tradera den råder det ingen tvekan om.
      That the futhark has played an important role when it came to teaching runecraft and passing it down, there is no doubt.
  2. runology (study of runes)
    Synonym: runologi
    • 1995, Bo Oscarsson, “Var finns Jamtlands alla runstenar?”, in Jamtlands Tidning, number 1 (pdf), archived from the original on 2025-02-23, page 18:
      I vår kommer en kurs i runkunskap att hållas vid institutionen för nordiska språk.
      This spring, a runology course will be held at the Department of Scandinavian Languages.
    • 2015, Magnus Källström, “Johannes Bureus kopparplåtar”, in Riksantikvarieämbetet, archived from the original on 2025-01-16:
      År 1599 påbörjade Bureus tryckningen av sin stora runtavla, som var tänkt som en undervisning i runkunskap och där han hade samlat exempel på olika runalfabet, runformer och runstenstexter.
      In 1599, Bureus began printing his large rune tablet, which was intended as a teaching tool in runology, and in which he had collected examples of different runic alphabets, runic forms, and runestone texts.

Declension

Declension of runkunskap
nominative genitive
singular indefinite runkunskap runkunskaps
definite runkunskapen runkunskapens
plural indefinite runkunskaper runkunskapers
definite runkunskaperna runkunskapernas

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