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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A poem or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation; magical or esoteric poetry. countable, uncountable

   "Odin himself says in his famous Rune-song in the Elder Edda: I know that I hung / On a wind-rocked tree."

Example

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"Odin himself says in his famous Rune-song in the Elder Edda: I know that I hung / On a wind-rocked tree."

Etymology

From rune + song.

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