rune book

noun

A book written in runic script, especially one containing spells or magic formulae.

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Meanings

nounrune book (plural rune books)

plural rune books

  1. A book written in runic script, especially one containing spells or magic formulae.

    And it was Thora, the little Dwarf's wife, The five rune-books she took out; So she loosed him fully out of the runes, Her daughter had bound him about.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 167
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APA

rune book. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rune%20book

MLA

“rune book.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rune%20book. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rune book,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rune%20book.

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