RUNES
- RUNE, a letter of an ancient alphabet [n]
- 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 ar
- something written or inscribed in such characters
- poem, song, or verse
- aphorism, poem, or saying with mystical meaning or for use in casting a spell