"runecaster" meaning in English

See runecaster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: runecasters [plural]
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 *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English caster English runecaster From rune + caster. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|rune|caster|tree=1}} 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 *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. 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"status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-āsijos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-eh₂s(i)yós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-eh₂so-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-so-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-o-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", 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"keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "agent noun", "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":nom", "3" : "-ārius<id:adjective>", "id" : "agent noun", "title" : "-ārius", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ier", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "caster", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "runecaster", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="runecaster">, {{compound|en|rune|caster}} rune + caster, {{etymon|en|:af|rune|caster|tree=1}} 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 *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English caster English runecaster Head templates: {{en-noun}} runecaster (plural runecasters)
  1. A person who uses runes for divinatory or esoteric purposes; one who practises runecasting.

Inflected forms

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      "*rūnā",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rūnā"
    ],
    [
      "*rūnō",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rūnō"
    ],
    [
      "ᚱᚢᚾᛟ",
      "ᚱᚢᚾᛟ#Proto-Norse"
    ],
    [
      "rún",
      "rún#Old_Norse"
    ],
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      "rune",
      "rune#English"
    ],
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      "*kas-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kas-#Proto-Germanic:_throw"
    ],
    [
      "*kastōną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kastōną#Proto-Germanic:_throw"
    ],
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      "kasta",
      "kasta#Old_Norse:_throw"
    ],
    [
      "casten",
      "casten#Middle_English:_throw"
    ],
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      "cast",
      "cast#English"
    ],
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      "*-eh₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂"
    ],
    [
      "*-os",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-os#Proto-Indo-European:_athematic"
    ],
    [
      "*-yós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yós#Proto-Indo-European:_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "*-āsios",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-āsios#Proto-Italic:_adjective"
    ],
    [
      "-ārius",
      "-arius#Latin:_adjective"
    ],
    [
      "-ārius",
      "-arius#Latin:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-ārijaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ārijaz#Proto-Germanic:_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-ārī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ārī#Proto-West_Germanic:_agent_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-ere",
      "-ere#Old_English:_agent_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-ere",
      "-ere#Middle_English:_agent_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-ārius",
      "-arius#Latin:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "-ier",
      "-ier#Old_French:_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "-er",
      "-er#Middle_English:_agentive"
    ],
    [
      "-er",
      "-er#English:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "caster",
      "caster#English"
    ],
    [
      "rune",
      "rune#English"
    ],
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      "caster#English"
    ]
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      "name": "compound"
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    {
      "form": "runecasters",
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  "pos": "noun",
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