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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  runic
       
           Obscure, consisting of runes.
       
          VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix as "RUnix".  Unix fans
          return the compliment by expanding VMS to "Very Messy Syntax"
          or "Vachement Mauvais Systeme" (French; literally "Cowlike Bad
          System", idiomatically "Bitchy Bad System").
       
          (1996-09-17)
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Runic \Ru"nic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as,
     runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Runic staff. See Clog almanac, under Clog.
  
     Runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought
        to have been used by the heathen tribes of Northern Europe
        in magical ceremonies.
        [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  runic adj. Syn. obscure. VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix as `Runix';
     Unix fans return the compliment by expanding VMS to `Very Messy Syntax'
     or `Vachement Mauvais Syste`me' (French idiom, "Hugely Bad System").
  
  

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Runic \Ru"nic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as,
     runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.
  
     Runic staff. See Clog almanac, under Clog.
  
     Runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought
        to have been used by the heathen tribes of Northern Europe
        in magical ceremonies.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  runic
       adj : relating to or consisting of runes; "runic inscription"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  runic
     Romanian a.
     (l en runic)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Runic
     a.
     (alt case en runic)
     n.
     (lb en nonstandard lax) Any of the ancient Germanic languages which
  were written using runes.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  runic
     a.
     Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Runic
     a.
     (alt case en runic)
     n.
     (lb en nonstandard lax) Any of the ancient Germanic languages which
  were written using runes.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  runic
     Romanian a.
     (l en runic)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Runic
     a.
     (alt case en runic)
     n.
     (lb en nonstandard lax) Any of the ancient Germanic languages which
  were written using runes.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  runic
     a.
     Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Runic
     a.
     (alt case en runic)
     n.
     (lb en nonstandard lax) Any of the ancient Germanic languages which
  were written using runes.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Runic /ɹˈuːnɪk/
  روني

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  runic /ɹˈuːnɪk/ 
  runový

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  runic /ɹˈuːnɪk/
  runisch 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  runic //ˈɹuːnɪk// 
  riimu
  of, pertaining to, or written using runes

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  runic /ɹˈuːnɪk/
  1. rúnákkal rótt
  2. rovásírásos

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "runic":
     Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian,
     Pindaric, Theocritean, bardic, bucolic, didactic, dithyrambic,
     dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, heroic, idyllic, mock-heroic,
     narrative, pastoral, poetic, poetico-mystical,
     poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, rhapsodic,
     sapphic, skaldic
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 古代北欧文字的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 古代北欧文字的

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