释义 |
rune-stave Now only arch. [OE. rún-stæf, f. rún roun rune2) + stæf staff, stave; cf. OHG. rûnstab, OIcel. rúnastafr.] A runic letter or symbol.
Beowulf 1695 Swa wæs..þurh run-stafas rihte ᵹemearcod. c1000ælfric Homilies (Thorpe) II. 358 Ðurh drycræft oððe ðurh runstafum. c1205Lay. 9961 He lette þer on grauen sælcuðe run-stauen. 1884Athenæum 30 Aug. 271 In a chapter upon runes he [Stephens] gives it as his opinion that rune-staves were an independent offshoot from the old Greek alphabet in Scythia. |