Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rune

1 sense of rune

Sense 1
rune, runic letter -- (any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each rune had its own magical significance")
       => character, grapheme, graphic symbol -- (a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters")