单词 | runer |
释义 | runern. Now rare (poetic). A writer or composer of runes (rune n.2 2). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writer > writer according to system > [noun] > one who uses written symbols > writer in runes runer1690 1690 W. Temple Ess. Poetry 37 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. The Writers or Composers of them were called Runers or Rymers. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Poetry 40 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. This made the Runers among the Goths, as much..admired as any of the antient and most celebrated Poets. 1735 T. Blackwell Enq. Life & Writings Homer viii. 112 I should be unwilling to admit the Irish or Highland Rüners to a share of the Honour; tho' their Business..is to entertain a Company with the Recital of some Adventure. 1794 Freemason's Mag. July 29 The rudest nations have their chiefs and warriors,..the northern tribes had their Rüners, the Gauls and Britons their Druids, and Provence its Troubadors. 1844 Southern Literary Messenger Feb. 72/2 Let the song-singing lover, The rude runer die! 1898 I. M. Anderton tr. D. Comparetti Trad. Poetry of Finns i. i. 4 The popular singer or laulaja is a runer (runoja)..or a master of runes (runoniekka). 1972 W. H. Auden Epist. to Godson 35 Wide though the interrupt be that divides us, runers and counters, from the Old World of the Plants,..we nod them as neighbours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1690 |
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