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Runic in sentence

10 examples of Runic in a sentence

Found in graves, bogs, and sites of ancient settlements, many of these objects are inscribed with messages in Old Norse written in runic letters.
There was no standard spelling, they wrote the individual runic letters by pronouncing the sounds of their regional accents.
Some of these inscriptions also bore the influence of other cultures the Vikings interacted with— the runic inscription “love conquers all,” for example, is originally a Latin phrase from the poet Virgil.
Norse poetry tells of runic spells, cast to ensure calm seas, safe childbirth and triumphant battles.
It is a manuscript, a Runic manuscript."
"Runic characters were in use in Iceland in former ages.
[Runic glyphs occur here]The Professor mused a few moments over this series of characters; then raising his spectacles he pronounced:"These are Runic letters; they are exactly like those of the manuscript of Snorre Turlleson.
Runic letters appearing to my mind to be an invention of the learned to mystify this poor world, I was not sorry to see my uncle suffering the pangs of mystification.
THE RUNIC WRITING EXERCISES THE PROFESSOR"Undoubtedly it is Runic," said the Professor, bending his brows; "but there is a secret in it, and I mean to discover the key."
And, sharing his astonishment, but I think not his joy, I read on the western face of the block, in Runic characters, half mouldered away with lapse of ages, this thrice-accursed name:[At this point a Runic text appears]"Arne Saknussemm!" replied my uncle.