An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Rune
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ModHG. Rune, f. (AS. rûnstafas, ‘secret characters, runes’), was introduced from the Scand. dials. by the literary movement for the promotion of Teut. studies in the last cent.