Meanings
nounrunecaster (plural runecasters)
plural runecasters
- A person who uses runes for divinatory or esoteric purposes; one who practises runecasting.
From the numinous fire of fehu Frigg and Freyja receive their gifts as seeresses. From this common source runecasters derive their ability to "read the runes aright" in divinatory work.
1989, Edred Thorsson, Runelore: A Handbook of Esoteric Runology, York Beach, Me.: S. Weiser, page 115
Origin
- Proto-Celtic*rūnābor.?
- Proto-Germanic*rūnō
- Proto-Germanic*rūnǭ
- Proto-Norseᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo)
- Old Norserún
- Englishrune
- Proto-Germanic*kas-
- Proto-Germanic*kastōną
- Old Norsekasta
- Middle Englishcasten
- Englishcast
- Englishcaster
- Englishrunecaster
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APA
runecaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runecaster
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“runecaster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runecaster. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “runecaster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runecaster.
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