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Runic

Runic \Ru"nic\, a. Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.

Runic staff. See Clog almanac, under Clog.

Runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought to have been used by the heathen tribes of Northern Europe in magical ceremonies.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
runic

1660s, from Modern Latin runicus, from Old Norse run (see rune).

Wiktionary
runic

a. Of, pertaining to, or written using runes

WordNet
runic

adj. relating to or consisting of runes; "runic inscription"

Wikipedia
Runic (Unicode block)

Runic is a Unicode block containing runic characters. It was introduced in Unicode 3.0 (1999), with eight additional characters introduced in Unicode 7.0 (2014). The original encoding of runes in UCS was based on the recommendations of the "ISO Runes Project" submitted in 1997.

The block is intended for the representation of text written in Elder Futhark, Anglo-Saxon runes, Younger Futhark (both in the long-branch and short-twig variants), Scandinavian medieval runes and early modern runic calendars; the additions introduced in version 7.0 in addition allow support of the mode of writing Modern English in Anglo-Saxon runes used by J. R. R. Tolkien, and the special vowel signs used in the Franks casket inscription.

Usage examples of "runic".

The blade was long, tapering, and curved, and there appeared to be runic lettering along the edge.

Artic, helps discover a strangely shaped gold cylinder covered with runic symbols.

He jabbed at his runic calculator, eyes bulging, forehead vein pounding.

He made notes and started digging at his runic calculator with complete, almost manic concentration.

The doors themselves were framed with twining leaves and bore extensive runic inscriptions.

Intricate runic patterns flowed over the overlapping metal joints on each finger.

A row of bleeding-bowls stood on a shelf alongside a thaumatrope and a cautery, a variety of apothecary jars, glazed gallipots inscribed with runic labels, and large, spherical vessels footed with taps.

Near Heavener, Oklahoma, there is a stone twelve feet high, ten feet wide, and sixteen inches thick, covered with ancient Scandinavian runic symbols.

Through the wide windows opposite the foot of his iron-framed bed shone a broad rectangle of chalky arc light from the yard below, making eerie runic shadows of the bare ceiling beams with their trailing curtains of cobweb.

Gall, stripped to a loincloth, was engaged in boneless runic yoga in the pale afternoon sun.

Otr and Fruki have never before been found on any of the Runic stones in the Isle of Man.

Spoken by Omar Bacchylides Runic, extemporaneously if you discount some forethought during the previous evening at the nonpublic tavern The Private Universe, and you may because Runic did not remember a thing about that evening.

Ruskinson is still shouting, although the cameras are pointing at Runic or Luscus.

Youths like my grandson and Runic shout blasphemies and so worship Him.

Monuments may be known to be of a Danish Extraction, tho they carry nothing of a Runic Inscription.