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runo.

poem (piece of poetry)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈruno/[ˈruno̞]
  1. poem (piece of poetry)

  2. synonym of runous (“poetry”)

  3. rune (only in the rare sense of a Finnish poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala)

  4. singer, poet

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō (“letter, literature, secret”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *rūnā. Compare English rune and Swedish runa.

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