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Rune

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a letter of an ancient Germanic alphabet, often associated with magic
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Stage 1 of 2
run
Old Norse · medieval
"a secret, a mystical letter"
a letter of the early Germanic alphabet, believed to carry mystical meaning
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Stage 2 of 2
rune
English · 1600s
"a letter of an ancient Germanic alphabet"
settled as the word for the ancient mystical letters
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