Plural of rune
regular plural
The plural of rune is runes.
Forms of rune
| Singular | rune /ɹuːn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | runes |
| Countable | countable |
Runes in a sentence
- Yet they made for man those mystic swords of superhuman workmanship engraved with magic runes and dipped when red hot in blood or in a broth of poisonous herbs and twigs.1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 14
- "We must cast the runes," said Catweazle.1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 32
- These difficult runes are written in Elvish.From the entry elvish
- There are no runes for casting nor Thorki weddings to attend.2015, Pepi Valderrama, Geek Anthropology of Loki's Army, page 7. From the entry Thorki
- A piece of a loom found in Germany was incised, "Blithgund wrote these runes".1997, Sheena McGrath, Asyniur: Women’s Mysteries in the Northern Tradition, Chieveley, Berks: Capall Bann Publishing, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry runemistress
Meaning of rune
- noun A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
- noun A letter from any visually similar script, such as Hungarian runes (the Old Hungarian script) or Turkic runes (the Old Turkic script).
- noun A Finnic or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
Questions about the plural of rune
- What is the plural of rune?
- The plural of rune is runes.
- Is rune countable?
- Rune is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rune (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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