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runic

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run·ic  (rnk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or written in runes.
n.
Runic The Germanic language of the oldest runic inscriptions from northern Europe, dating to between the third and sixth centuries a.d., and considered by some to be close to or identical with the putative common ancestor of the North and West Germanic languages.
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Adj.1.runic - relating to or consisting of runes; "runic inscription"
Translations
runic [ˈruːnɪk] ADJ → rúnico
runic
adj → runisch, Runen-; runic symbol → Runenzeichen nt


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While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells - From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
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The "livre de lecture" was the "Vicar of Wakefield," much used in foreign schools because it is supposed to contain prime samples of conversational English; it might, however, have been a Runic scroll for any resemblance the words, as enunciated by Jules, bore to the language in ordinary use amongst the natives of Great Britain.
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