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twig runes

twig runes is the plural of twig rune.

Meaning of twig rune

Noun

twig rune (plural twig runes)

  1. A type of cryptographic runic letter resembling twigs on a tree stem; the total of branches on one side denote a division of the futhark (runic alphabet), while the total of branches on the other side denote the position of the rune within the division.
    • Twig-runes occur on both Old-Northern and Scandinavian-runic monuments.1867, George Stephens, The Old-Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, volume I, London: John Russell Smith, page 84

Questions about twig runes

What is twig runes the plural of?
Twig runes is the plural of twig rune.

Words near twig runes in the dictionary

  1. twiform
  2. twiformed
  3. twig
  4. twig and berries
  5. twig rune
  6. twig runes
  7. twig snake
  8. twig snakes
  9. twig wilter
  10. twig wilters
  11. twigful

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