Meanings
plural moon runes
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see moon, rune.
- 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 - 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
- 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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