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runester

runester noun: a person well versed in runelore; an expert at runes; a user of runes for esoteric purposes.

Noun

runester (plural runesters)

  1. A person well versed in runelore; an expert at runes; a user of runes for esoteric purposes.
    • The exoteric facts and interpretations contained in these pages will serve the runester well as an introduction to the wondrous world of rune wisdom developed in the second half of the book.1989, Edred Thorsson, A Handbook of Esoteric Runology, page 3

Forms of runester

pluralrunesters

Origin of runester

Equivalent to rune + -ster.

Questions about runester

What does runester mean?
Runester means a person well versed in runelore; an expert at runes; a user of runes for esoteric purposes.
What part of speech is runester?
Runester is a noun.
What is the plural of runester?
The plural of runester is runesters.

Words near runester in the dictionary

  1. runesongs
  2. runestaff
  3. runestaffs
  4. runestave
  5. runestaves
  6. runester
  7. runesters
  8. runestone
  9. runestones
  10. Runet
  11. runeword

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