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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
How To Use runic letter In A Sentence
- Ancient runic lettering on the wall shone clearly yet legibly, some eerie phosphorescence at work; and the dome… pure, sparkling, it needed no lamp to herald its majesty.
- The ancient Slavonic when reduced to writing seems to have been originally written with a kind of runic letters, which, when formed into a regular alphabet, were called the Glagolitic, that is the signs which spoke. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
- Many New Agers seem to like Tolkein, so the fact that his Hobbits used a kind of runes in their writing may have enhanced the association of runic letters with magic and mystery.
- The ancient Slavonic when reduced to writing seems to have been originally written with a kind of runic letters, which, when formed into a regular alphabet, were called the Glagolitic, that is the signs which spoke. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
- The "ae" in gedaefte, written as a single intertwined character a diagraph, was a vowel called "ash," from a northern European runic letter that looked like a downcast F. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
