runesong
runesong noun: a poem or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation; magical or esoteric poetry.
Noun
runesong (countable and uncountable, plural runesongs)
- A poem or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation; magical or esoteric poetry.
- Odin himself says in his famous Rune-song in the Elder Edda: I know that I hung / On a wind-rocked tree.1875, Rasmus Bjørn Anderson, Norse Mythology, II. i., page 254
- Ere one verse was done / The deer in the pine wood forgot how to run. / Oh! the strong / Power of rune song! / Chased, they forgot how to run.1882, [Eliza Keary], Memoir of Annie Keary, page 127
Forms of runesong
| plural | runesongs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | rune-song |
| alternative form | rune song |
Origin of runesong
From rune + song.
Questions about runesong
- What does runesong mean?
- Runesong means a poem or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation; magical or esoteric poetry.
- What part of speech is runesong?
- Runesong is a noun.
- What is the plural of runesong?
- The plural of runesong is runesongs.
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