different between runology vs rune

English

Etymology

rune +? -ology

Noun

runology (uncountable)

1. The academic study of Runic alphabets and inscriptions and their history.

Derived terms

• runological
• runologist

Related terms

• runecraft
• runelore

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse rún, which is from Proto-Germanic *r?n? (“letter, literature, secret”), which is borrowed either from Proto-Celtic *r?n? or from the same source as it; compare Dutch rune, German Rune and Swedish runa. Compare roun.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ro?on, IPA^(key): /?u?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

rune (plural runes)

1. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
2. A Finnish or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
3. A letter or mark used as mystical or magic symbol.
4. A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 15:

     the fiddle sang and sang as ceaselessly as the chanting cicada without, and the frogs intoning their sylvan runes by the waterside.

5. (obsolete) A roun (secret or mystery).
6. (programming) In the Go programming language, a Unicode code point.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Nuer, Uren, neur-, urne

Danish

Noun

rune c (singular definite runen, plural indefinite runer)

1. rune

Declension

References

• “rune” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rune, from Old Norse rún.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ryn?/
• Hyphenation: ru?ne
• Rhymes: -yn?

Noun

rune f (plural runen, diminutive runetje n)

1. rune

Derived terms

• runenschrift
• runenteken

Anagrams

• uren
• urne

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse rún.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?yn/
• Rhymes: -yn

Noun

rune f (plural runes)

1. rune

Derived terms

• runologie

Descendants

• ? Turkish: rün

Further reading

• “rune” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -une

Noun

rune f

1. plural of runa

Anagrams

• urne

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *r?na, from Proto-Germanic *r?n?.

Noun

rune f

1. (rare) secretive whispering

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “rune (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse rún.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

rune f or m (definite singular runa or runen, indefinite plural runer, definite plural runene)

1. rune

References

• “rune” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• uren

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse rún.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

rune f (definite singular runa, indefinite plural runer, definite plural runene)

1. rune

References

• “rune” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru?ne/

Noun

r?ne

1. accusative singular of r?n
2. genitive singular of r?n
3. dative singular of r?n
4. nominative plural of r?n
5. accusative plural of r?n

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rune (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. inflection of runa:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural