runemasters

Noun

runemaster (plural runemasters)

1. A runesmith; one skilled at carving and deciphering runes.
   • Without delay he got it taken out and removed to the Palace-yard, and afterwards commissioned the Rune-master Olaf Worm to visit and decipher it.1867, George Stephens, The Old-Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, volume I, London: John Russell Smith, page 335
2. One who has mastered the use of runes for magical, divinatory, or other esoteric uses.
   • The Rune Masters of the Teutons and Vikings wore startling garb that made them easily recognizable. Feared, honored, welcomed, these shamans were familiar figures in tribal circles.1982, Ralph Blum, The Book of Runes, New York: St. Martin's Press, page 26