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runa

“runa” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a rune ((representation of a) letter of the runic alphabet)
  2. an obituary (brief biography of a recently deceased person, usually written by a journalist and published in a newspaper)
  3. a rune (Finnic epic poem)

Etymology

From Old Swedish rūna, rūn, from Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo, acc. sing.), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

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