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runestaff

runestaff noun: a runic letter or character.

Noun

runestaff (plural runestaffs or runestaves)

  1. (archaic or puristic) A runic letter or character.

Forms of runestaff

pluralrunestaffs
pluralrunestaves
alternative formrunestave

Origin of runestaff

From Middle English run-staf (attested in the plural as run-staven), from Old English rūnstæf, from Proto-West Germanic *rūnustab, from Proto-Germanic *rūnōstabaz. Cognate with Old High German rūnstab, rūnstafa, Danish runestav, Swedish runstav, Faroese rúnastavur. Compare English bookstaff. By surface analysis, rune + staff.

Questions about runestaff

What does runestaff mean?
Runestaff means a runic letter or character.
What part of speech is runestaff?
Runestaff is a noun.
What is the plural of runestaff?
The plural of runestaff is runestaffs.

Words near runestaff in the dictionary

  1. RuneScapers
  2. runesmith
  3. runesmiths
  4. runesong
  5. runesongs
  6. runestaff
  7. runestaffs
  8. runestave
  9. runestaves
  10. runester
  11. runesters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runestaff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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