Etymograph

English

runer

From rune + -er.

Formed from rune + -er

Proto-Germanic *rūnǭ

Proto-Norse runo ‘secret, mystery’

Old Norse rún ‘secret’

English rune

Today it means

noun A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “runer”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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