Definitions for runic

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runic ru·nic

Spelling: [roo-nik]

IPA: /ˈru nɪk/

Runic is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in runic (cinru).

Definitions for runic

adjective

1. consisting of or set down in runes:
2. having some secret or mysterious meaning:
3. (of ornamental knots, figures, etc.) of an interlaced form seen on ancient monuments, metalwork, etc., of the northern European peoples.
4. of the ancient Scandinavian class or type, as literature or poetry.

Origin of runic

First recorded in 1655-65; rune¹ + -ic

Examples for runic

But is it not strange that the runic characters are in so many places in this castle?

There is a runic stone on the castle brae which I am going to copy.

Translated in Percy's runic Poetry , p. 27, and often since.

There is now no question as to the actual origin of the runic alphabets.

He is the god of song and of war, and was the inventor of the runic characters, or alphabet.

The back is decorated with the trumpet pattern, and engraved with runic characters.

runic writings, the most valuable in the world, are collected here.

On the other sides are runic inscriptions in 77 lines at least.

It is trilingual--viz., Chinese, Uighur, and runic or Yenissei characters.

He is a divine legislator, cunning in runic lore, and the creator of mankind.