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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

runestaff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
runestaff
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A runic letter or character.

Etymology

From Middle English run-staf (attested in the plural as run-staven), from Old English rūnstæf, from Proto-West Germanic *rūnustab, from Proto-Germanic *rūnōstabaz. Cognate with Old High German rūnstab, rūnstafa, Danish runestav, Swedish runstav, Faroese rúnastavur. Compare English bookstaff. By surface analysis, rune + staff.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *stebʰ-, run-staf, rūnstæf, *rūnustab, *rūnōstabaz

Inflected Forms

runestaffs (plural) runestaves (plural) runestave (alternative)

Questions

What does runestaff mean?
A runic letter or character.
Where does runestaff come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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