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‖ runo|ˈruːnəʊ|
Also Runo; pl. runot, runos.
[Finnish: cf. rune2.]
In Finland, a short poem or song on an epic or legendary subject; spec. one of the songs which together constitute the Kalevala, = rune2 2 b.
[1802J. Acerbi Travels I. xxiii. 301 The species of verse is called runic, from the ancient Gothic word runoot. Ibid. 317 These songs, called jauho runot or mill-songs, are..sung to a slow plaintive air.] 1895Oracle Encycl. II. 653/1 It was long known that there lived amongst the Finns a great number of lyrics known as Runot (‘Runic songs’). Ibid., The discovery that many of these Runot could be dovetailed into a true and noble epic, based on the old myths. 1898I. M. Anderton tr. Comparetti's Tradit. Poetry of Finns i. i. 3 There is one word, runo, which characterises and distinguishes the traditional poetry of the Finns. 1944W. Apel Harvard Dict. Music. 266/2 Next follow the runos (sung to the traditional poems of epic characters, called ‘runes’), which are melodic and rhythmically vigorous. 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) III. 238/1 The ancient melodies of the period following are the beautiful runo tunes mentioned above. Ibid., Sibelius..has a distinctive runo style of his own. 1963B. J. Timmer tr. De Vries's Heroic Song & Heroic Legend vii. 143 Lönnrot was a folklorist, who set himself the task of collecting the older poetry of the Finns, in particular the epic songs or runot. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VI. 910/2 Elias Lönnrot.., who composed this master-piece [sc. the Kalevala] by combining short popular songs (runot) collected by himself among the Finns, had absorbed his material so well, and identified himself so completely with the runo singers. |