runer

English

Etymology

rune +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹuːnə(ɹ)/

Noun

runer (plural runers)

  1. A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths.
    • 1690, William Temple, “Of Poetry”, in Miscellanea. The Second Part. [...], 2nd edition, London: […] J. R. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], →OCLC, section, page 319:
      Those Runers who could not raise Admiration by the Spirit of their Poetry

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “runer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

runer c

  1. indefinite plural of rune

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²rʉːnər/

Noun

runer f pl

  1. indefinite plural of run (“witchcraft, runes”)

Noun

runer f pl

  1. indefinite plural of rune

Old French

Etymology

Germanic, from Frankish *rūnen, *rūnōn (“to whisper”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnōną (“to talk secrets, whisper, decide”), *raunijaną (“to investigate, examine, prove”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)rewə-, *(e)rwō- (“to trace, find out, look out”). Cognate with Old High German rūnen, rūnōn (“to whisper, murmur”), Old English rūnian (“to whisper”). More at round.

Verb

runer

  1. To whisper, murmur.
  2. To mumble; intone in a low voice.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of runer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive runer avoir runé
gerund en runant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle runant
past participle runé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present run runes rune runons runez runent
imperfect runoie, runeie, runoe, runeve runoies, runeies, runoes, runeves runoit, runeit, runot, runeve runiiens, runiens runiiez, runiez runoient, runeient, runoent, runevent
preterite runai runas runa runames runastes runerent
future runerai runeras runera runerons runeroiz, runereiz, runerez runeront
conditional runeroie, runereie runeroies, runereies runeroit, runereit runeriiens, runeriens runeriiez, runeriez runeroient, runereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present run runs runt runons runez runent
imperfect runasse runasses runast runissons, runissiens runissoiz, runissez, runissiez runassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— rune — runons runez —
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