- 1one of the letters in an alphabet that people in northern Europe used in ancient times and cut into wood or stone
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- 2a symbol that has a mysterious or magic meaning
NAmE//ˈrunɪk//
adjective runic inscriptionsSee rune in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: rune