runecraft

noun — 2 senses

runecraft

noun

Etymology From rune + -craft. Compare Old English rūncræftiġ (“skilled in deciphering runes”).

1

Knowledge of runes; skill in deciphering runic characters.

2

Knowledge of, or skill in, the use of runes for esoteric and magical purposes.

  • They were the keepers of starcraft, runecraft, lorecraft and wortcraft and they guided many through the darkness of the future and healed bodies and minds.1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, →ISBN, page 16:

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