adj
runish
Runish (adj) means Connected with runes or the runic alphabet.
adj
1
Connected with runes or the runic alphabet.
"Susan's impatient monosyllable startled Jori, slung in the halter on her chest, but he promptly went back to sleep after blowing a couple of bubbles. 'It's in Runish, the old language."
— Tango Wayne, Scandinal (2005)
2
Strange and hard to explain.
"It's such cross-purpose my heart craves, These guests on old Twelfth Night, Their runish, unreadable moil Of prints, the barrowed creche Awaiting thaw."
— Marly Youmans, The Throne of Psyche (2011)
"Baltazar is stunned with fear as he watches the floating hand carve mysterious "runisch sauez" (runish writings) (1544-45) in the wall."
— Ann R. Meyer, Medieval Allegory and the Building of the New Jerusalem (2003)
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Etymology
It comes from Middle English runish, runisch, from Old English *rūnisc, *rȳnisc, rēnisc ("mysterious, mystic"), equivalent to rune + -ish.
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What is the meaning of runish?
"runish" (adj) means connected with runes or the runic alphabet.
What are the different meanings of runish?
"runish" has 2 main meanings: 1. Connected with runes or the runic alphabet; 2. Strange and hard to explain.
