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rune

/ɹuːn/

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noun

Rune

A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.

Examples :

"The professor showed the class a few runic runes from an old Anglo-Saxon manuscript. "

Le professeur a montré à la classe quelques runes runiques d'un ancien manuscrit anglo-saxon.

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Poème épique finnois ou scandinave, ou une de ses divisions, en particulier une division du Kalevala

A Finnish or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.

Examples :

"In Finnish literature class, we are studying the different runes that make up the epic poem, Kalevala. "

En cours de littérature finnoise, nous étudions les différentes runes qui composent le poème épique du Kalevala.

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Rune

A letter or mark used as mystical or magic symbol.

Examples :

"The old book described how to draw a specific rune to protect your home from bad luck. "

Le vieux livre décrivait comment dessiner une rune spécifique pour protéger votre maison de la malchance.

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Rune, incantation

A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.

Examples :

"The old woman chanted a strange rune over the sick child, hoping to bring back his health. "

La vieille femme a chanté une étrange incantation sur l'enfant malade, espérant lui rendre la santé.

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Secret, mystère

A roun (secret or mystery).

Examples :

"The archaeologist believed the ancient rune carved into the stone held a secret about the civilization's disappearance. "

L'archéologue croyait que la rune antique gravée dans la pierre contenait un secret sur la disparition de la civilisation.

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Point de code Unicode

In the Go programming language, a Unicode code point.

Examples :

"In Go, you can use a `rune` to represent individual characters from any language, like the Japanese character '猫' (cat). "

En Go, vous pouvez utiliser un `rune` pour représenter des caractères individuels de n'importe quelle langue, comme le caractère japonais '猫' (chat).

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