runework

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noun

The use of runes for esoteric purposes.

OriginEnglish work ← Middle English werk ← Old English weorc →
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Meanings

nounrunework (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe use of runes for esoteric purposes.

    Often some form of divination, astrology, tarot, or runework will accompany the ritual as sign or communication from the powers invoked as to the probable outcome of the rite.

    1995, Timothy Miller, America's Alternative Religions, page 342
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    In the magical realms, runework is used for personal transformation, building wider consciousness, psychic development, healing, investigation of Wyrd, and shaping the environment according to the inner will.

    1989, Edred Thorsson, A Handbook of Esoteric Runology, page xv

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*rūnābor.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*rūnō
  3. Proto-Germanic*rūnǭ
  4. Proto-Norseᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo)
  5. Old Norserún
  6. Englishrune
  7. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  9. Proto-Germanic*werką
  10. Proto-West Germanic*werk
  11. Old Englishweorc
  12. Middle Englishwerk
  13. Englishwork
  14. Englishrunework

From rune + work.

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APA

runework. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runework

MLA

“runework.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runework. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “runework,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runework.

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