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adj
Of or relating to runes, runic inscription, or runic language; runic.
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adj
Mysterious; strange.
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adj
Rough, violent.
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History
From Middle English runish, runisch, from Old English *rūnisc, *rȳnisc, rēnisc (“mysterious, mystic”), equivalent to rune + -ish.
From Middle English runisch, a variant (by confusion) of renisch. Also rennish.
