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rune

rune \'ru:n\ \'ru:-nik\ n [ON & OE ru-n mystery, runic character, writing; 
   akin to OHG ru-] [Finn runo, of Gmc origin; akin to ON ru-n]na secret 
   discussion 1: one of the characters of an alphabet prob. derived from Latin 
   and Greek  and used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3d to the 13th 
   centuries 2: MYSTERY, MAGIC  3a: a Finnish or Old Norse poem  3b: POEM, 
   SONG  - ru.nic aj