rune 1
— runelike , adj.
/roohn/ , n.
1. any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, esp. of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
2. something written or inscribed in such characters.
3. an aphorism, poem, or saying with mystical meaning or for use in casting a spell.
[ 1675-85; run a secret, writing, runic character; c. OE run (ME rune, obs. E roun ). See ROUND 2 ]
rune 2
/roohn/ , n. Literary.
a poem, song, or verse.
[ 1865-70; runo poem, canto 1 ]