Runemaster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Runemaster is a noun meaning A runesmith; one skilled at carving and deciphering runes.
Meaning
A runesmith; one skilled at carving and deciphering runes.
More Meanings
- One who has mastered the use of runes for magical, divinatory, or other esoteric uses.
Example Sentences
This excerpt from the histories of a contemporary of the Teutonic runemasters is, as far as can be determined, factual[.]
Without delay he got it taken out and removed to the Palace-yard, and afterwards commissioned the Rune-master Olaf Worm to visit and decipher it.
The Rune Masters of the Teutons and Vikings wore startling garb that made them easily recognizable. Feared, honored, welcomed, these shamans were familiar figures in tribal circles.
This great period of older English, set down by the rune-masters and then by medieval scribes using the roman alphabet, came to an end with the invention of printing in the late fifteenth century.
Word Forms
- runemasters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include runesmith, rune-rister, runester, runemistress, runecaster, forgemaster.
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