How do you use Runic in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like character or grapheme, plus the exact meaning.
Runic in a sentence
Runic meaning
Any of the ancient Germanic languages which were written using runes.
Using Runic
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of the ancient Germanic languages which were written using runes.
- Useful related words include: character, grapheme, graphic symbol.
- In the example corpus, runic often appears in combinations such as: runic inscriptions, the runic, runic symbols.
Context around Runic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Runic
- In this selection, "runic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, post, four, oldest, inscriptions, old and oen stand out and add context to how "runic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in post runic old east and all four runic symbols and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "runic" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with runic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The oldest runic alphabet consisted of 24 characters, and each character represented a sound. (14 words)
Early runic inscriptions also are largely limited to personal names and difficult to interpret. (14 words)
Runic attacks are special moves that have a cooldown, which is granted to Kratos' weapons. (15 words)
Old West Norse was also characterized by the preservation of u-umlaut, which meant that for example Proto-Norse *tanþu "tooth" was pronounced tǫnn and not tann as in post-runic Old East Norse; OWN gǫ́s and runic OEN gǫ́s, while post-runic OEN gás "goose". (48 words)
By the end of the period, these innovations had affected most of the Runic Swedish-speaking area as well, with the exception of the dialects spoken north and east of Mälardalen where the diphthongs still exist in remote areas. (39 words)
In a series titled Der Gordische Knoten (2019), more large axes appear, suspended as if in mid-flight amid the tangle of wood and wheat in which several burnt sticks have been arranged to resemble ancient runic letters. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Old West Norse was also characterized by the preservation of u-umlaut, which meant that for example Proto-Norse *tanþu "tooth" was pronounced tǫnn and not tann as in post-runic Old East Norse; OWN gǫ́s and runic OEN gǫ́s, while post-runic OEN gás "goose".
At this point, players should have scanned all four runic symbols, and that will cause the runic symbol door to open automatically.
The oldest stone with runic inscriptions was found in Norway and dates to the 4th century, suggesting that runic inscriptions pre-date the Viking period.
U-umlaut U-umlaut is more common in Old West Norse in both phonemic and allophonic positions, while it only occurs sparsely in post-runic Old East Norse and even in runic Old East Norse.
The oldest runic alphabet consisted of 24 characters, and each character represented a sound.
These guides are here to assist players with some of those more-difficult puzzles, which primarily center around locating runic symbols.
Runic attacks are special moves that have a cooldown, which is granted to Kratos' weapons.
In a series titled Der Gordische Knoten (2019), more large axes appear, suspended as if in mid-flight amid the tangle of wood and wheat in which several burnt sticks have been arranged to resemble ancient runic letters.
Santa Monica is using an actual runic language for the runes scrawled all over the place.
Also known as a Rune staff or Runic Almanac, it appears to have been a medieval Swedish invention.
An early change that separated Runic Danish from the other dialects of Old East Norse was the change of the diphthong æi to the monophthong é, as in stæinn to sténn "stone".
As a result, there is much more material from the Viking Age concerning Norway than Sweden, which apart from many runic inscriptions, has almost no written sources from the early Middle Ages.
By the end of the period, these innovations had affected most of the Runic Swedish-speaking area as well, with the exception of the dialects spoken north and east of Mälardalen where the diphthongs still exist in remote areas.
Contact with the civilised countries farther south brought a knowledge of runes ; the oldest known Norwegian runic inscription dates from the 3rd century.
Dated to between AD 660 and 690, it marks the end of the native Alemannic tradition of runic literacy.
Early runic inscriptions also are largely limited to personal names and difficult to interpret.
Guð hialpi and hans (OG) The OEN original text above is transliterated according to traditional scholarly methods, wherein u-umlaut is not regarded in runic Old East Norse.
He and his workmen discovered the famous runic inscriptions carved on the walls, proof that Norsemen had broken into the tomb at least six centuries earlier.
His timeframe for the Christianization of Sweden conflicts with other sources, such as runic inscriptions and archaeological evidence does not confirm the presence of a large temple at Uppsala.
It was also through Irish Christian missionaries that the Latin alphabet was introduced and adapted for the writing of Old English, replacing the earlier runic system.
Common combinations with runic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: