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runecaster

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *rūnābor.? Proto-Germanic *rūnō Proto-Germanic *rūnǭ Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo) Old Norse rúnbor. English rune Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English caster English runecaster From rune + caster.

  1. derived from chaste — “chaste”
  2. derived from castra — “fortification”
  3. suffixed as caster — “cast + er”
  4. compounded as runecaster — “rune + caster”

Definitions

  1. A person who uses runes for divinatory or esoteric purposes

    A person who uses runes for divinatory or esoteric purposes; one who practises runecasting.

    • From the numinous fire of fehu Frigg and Freyja receive their gifts as seeresses. From this common source runecasters derive their ability to "read the runes aright" in divinatory work.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for runecaster. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA