rún

From Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

• IPA^(key): /ɹʉuːn/
• Rhymes: -ʉuːn

rún f (genitive singular rúnar, plural rúnir)

1. rune
2. (in plural: rúnir) magic

From Old Norse rún (“secret; rune”), from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

• IPA^(key): /ruːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

rún f (genitive singular rúnar, nominative plural rúnir)

1. rune
2. magical symbol
3. (archaic or poetic) secret wisdom
4. (obsolete) female confidant

   Synonym: rúna

From Old Irish rún (“mystery, secret”) (Scottish Gaelic rùn, Manx roon), from Proto-Celtic *rūnā. Cognate with Welsh rhin.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠuːnˠ/

rún m (genitive singular rúin, nominative plural rúin)

1. mystery
2. secret
3. secret intention, purpose
4. secret disposition; (evil) design
5. (formal) resolution
6. love, affection
7. loved one; dear one, friend

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 rún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “rún” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “rún” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

rún (run², Zhuyin ㄖㄨㄣˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犉
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞤／𥆧

From Proto-Celtic *rūnā. Cognate with Welsh rhin.

• IPA^(key): /r͈uːn/

rún f (genitive rúine, nominative plural rúna)

1. mystery, secret
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13^a12

     Má beid ní di rúnaib do·théi ar menmuin ind ḟir bíis inna ṡuidiu et ad·reig.

     If there are any of the mysteries that may come upon the mind of the man who is sitting, and he rises.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27^c22

     Is airi am cimbid-se hóre no·pridchim in rúin sin.

     It is for that reason that I am a captive, because I preach that mystery.

• rúnde

• Irish: rún
• Scottish Gaelic: rùn
• Manx: roon

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 rún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō, whence also Old English rūn (“secret, runic letter”), Old Saxon rūna (Middle Low German rūne (“whisper”)), Middle High German rūne (“whisper”), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (runa, “secret”). Or from the Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“dig”, a root). Compare German Rune and Swedish runa.

rún f (genitive rúnar, plural rúnar or rúnir)

1. secret
2. rune

• sigrún (“victory rune”)

• Icelandic: rún f
• Faroese: rún f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: run f, runer f pl (← rúnir); (dialectal) rón f, rjón n
• Old Swedish: rūn, rūna
  • Swedish: runa c or f
• Old Danish: rune
  • Danish: rune c (partially through artificial revival), runer pl
    • Norwegian Bokmål: rune m or f
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: rune f, runa f
    • → German: Rune f
      • → Dutch: rune
    • → English: rune

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zun˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐun˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹʊwŋ͡m˦˥]

rún • (𦠆)

1. Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam form of rốn (“navel”)

   Chuồn chuồn cắn rún biết bơi. (Popular myth among children in Vietnam)

   If you let a dragonfly bite your belly button, you would know who to swim.