moon rune

noun

A runestone or similar object associated with the moon.

Meanings

nounmoon rune (plural moon runes)

plural moon runes

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see moon, rune.
    1. fantasyA runestone or similar object associated with the moon.

      Pull the lever to turn the Moon Rune bridge around so you can get the Moon Rune.

      2000, Mel Odom, Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm official strategy guide
    2. fantasyA rune or other writing indicating or associated with the moon.

      This knowledge, then, was to come – as the Moon rune, or rune of the night, signified – in the form of dreams.

      2011, David Bilsborough, The Wanderer's Tale, page 73
  2. Incomprehensible writing; moonrunes.

    You know this freaky-creepy weird vase up here that has that moon rune writing on it?

    2014, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Son of No One: Hellchaser #6

Origin

Compound of moon + rune. Possibly influenced by moon-letters, a secret writing system in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit.

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Chicago

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