Runelore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Runelore is a noun meaning (fantasy, paganism) The study of runes, typically for magical or religious purposes.
Meaning
(fantasy, paganism) The study of runes, typically for magical or religious purposes.
Example Sentences
Runelore is dominated by the figure of Ódhinn. It is the path exemplified by him that the runester seeks to travel.
In fact so serious a discrepancy could only arise in the infancy of this little-studied Old-Northern Rune-lore, when the material was so comparatively slender and the few monuments gave scarcely any acknowledged formulas.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include runework, runology, runecraft, runesong, runic, rune.
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