bind rune

noun

A type of ligature formed by two or more runes; most commonly with two or three runes sharing one or more common vertical strokes, or with several runes arranged vertically with their vertical strokes joined end-to-end.

Meanings

nounbind rune (plural bind runes)

plural bind runes

  1. communicationsA type of ligature formed by two or more runes; most commonly with two or three runes sharing one or more common vertical strokes, or with several runes arranged vertically with their vertical strokes joined end-to-end.

    We have also 2 uncommon Bind-runes here, the OL in SOL and the ER in HUILER.

    1867, George Stephens, The Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, volume I, London: John Russell Smith, page 356
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