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runish¹

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From Middle English runish, runisch, from Old English *rūnisc, *rȳnisc, rēnisc (“mysterious, mystic”), equivalent to rune + -ish.

adjective more runish · most runish · Runish

  1. Of or relating to runes, runic inscription, or runic language; runic. Hundreds of these Golden Ornaments — Rank-decorations, Family Medals, Gift- pieces, Amulets, or whatever else they may have been — have no letters at all, either runish or otherwise.
  2. Mysterious; strange. Baltazar is stunned with fear as he watches the floating hand carve mysterious "runisch sauez" (runish writings) (1544-45) in the wall.

runish²

Where it comes from

From Middle English runisch, a variant (by confusion) of renisch. Also rennish.

adjective more runish · most runish · Runish

  1. Rough, violent.

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@misc{runish_2026,
  title = {runish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/runish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}