Rune
noun
1 rune
Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages:
— Each rune had its own magical significance.
synonym: runic letter.
Dutch: rune
Polish: runa
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Runes
noun
Roget 597:
poetry,
poetics,
poesy,
Muse,
Calliope,
tuneful Nine,
Parnassus,
Helicon†,
Pierides,
Pierian spring.
versification,
rhyming,
making verses;
prosody,
orthometry†.
poem;
epic,
epic poem;
epopee†,
epopoea,
ode,
epode†,
idyl,
lyric,
eclogue,
pastoral,
bucolic,
dithyramb,
anacreontic†,
sonnet,
roundelay,
rondeau [Fr.],
rondo,
madrigal,
canzonet†,
cento†,
monody [Slang],
elegy;
amoebaeum,
ghazal†,
palinode.
dramatic poetry,
lyric poetry;
opera;
posy,
anthology;
disjecta membra poetae song [Lat.],
ballad,
lay;
love song,
drinking song,
war song,
sea song;
lullaby;
music
etc.
415;
nursery rhymes.
[Bad poetry]
doggerel,
Hudibrastic verse†,
prose run mad;
macaronics†;
macaronic verse†,
leonine verse;
runes.
canto,
stanza,
distich,
verse,
line,
couplet,
triplet,
quatrain;
strophe,
antistrophe†.
verse,
rhyme,
assonance,
crambo†,
meter,
measure,
foot,
numbers,
strain,
rhythm;
accentuation
etc.
(voice)
580;
dactyl,
spondee,
trochee,
anapest
&c.;
hexameter,
pentameter;
Alexandrine;
anacrusis†,
antispast†,
blank verse,
ictus.
elegiacs
etc.
adj.;
elegiac verse,
elegaic meter,
elegaic poetry.
poet,
poet laureate;
laureate;
bard,
lyrist†,
scald,
skald†,
troubadour,
trouvere [Fr.];
minstrel;
minnesinger,
meistersinger [G.];
improvisatore†;
versifier,
sonneteer;
rhymer,
rhymist†,
rhymester;
ballad monger,
runer†;
poetaster;
genus irritabile vatum [Lat.].
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Roget 993:
spell,
charm,
incantation,
exorcism,
weird,
cabala†,
exsufflation†,
cantrap†,
runes,
abracadabra,
open sesame,
countercharm†,
Ephesian letters,
bell book and candle,
Mumbo Jumbo,
evil eye,
fee-faw-fum.
talisman,
amulet,
periapt†,
telesm†,
phylactery,
philter;
fetich,
fetish;
agnus Dei [Lat.],
lamb of God;
furcula†,
madstone†;
mascot,
mascotte†;
merrythought†;
Om,
Aum†;
scarab,
scarabaeus†;
sudarium†,
triskelion,
veronica,
wishbone;
swastika,
fylfot†,
gammadion†.
wand,
caduceus,
rod,
divining rod,
lamp of Aladdin†;
wishing-cap,
Fortunatus's cap.
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Roget 590:
writing
etc.
v.;
chirography,
stelography†,
cerography†;
penmanship,
craftmanship†;
quill driving;
typewriting.
writing,
manuscript,
MS. ,
literae scriptae [Lat.];
these presents.
stroke of the pen,
dash of the pen;
coupe de plume;
line;
headline;
pen and ink.
letter
etc.
561;
uncial writing,
cuneiform character,
arrowhead,
Ogham,
Runes,
hieroglyphic;
contraction;
Brahmi†,
Devanagari,
Nagari;
script.
shorthand;
stenography,
brachygraphy†,
tachygraphy†;
secret writing,
writing in cipher;
cryptography,
stenography;
phonography†,
pasigraphy†,
Polygraphy†,
logography†.
copy;
transcript,
rescript;
rough copy,
fair copy;
handwriting;
signature,
sign manual;
autograph,
monograph,
holograph;
hand,
fist.
calligraphy;
good hand,
running hand,
flowing hand,
cursive hand,
legible hand,
bold hand.
cacography†,
griffonage†,
barbouillage†;
bad hand,
cramped hand,
crabbed hand,
illegible hand;
scribble
etc.
v.;
pattes de mouche [Fr.];
ill-formed letters;
pothooks and hangers.
stationery;
pen,
quill,
goose quill;
pencil,
style;
paper,
foolscap,
parchment,
vellum,
papyrus,
tablet,
slate,
marble,
pillar,
table;
blackboard;
ink bottle,
ink horn,
ink pot,
ink stand,
ink well;
typewriter.
transcription
etc.
(copy)
21;
inscription
etc.
(record)
551;
superscription
etc.
(indication)
550;
graphology.
composition,
authorship;
cacoethes scribendi [Lat.];
graphoidea†,
graphomania†;
phrenoia†.
writer,
scribe,
amanuensis,
scrivener,
secretary,
clerk,
penman,
copyist,
transcriber,
quill driver;
stenographer,
typewriter,
typist;
writer for the press
etc.
(author)
593.
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