"runa" meaning in Swedish

See runa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Old Swedish rūna, rūn, from Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo, acc. sing.), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|rūna}} Old Swedish rūna, {{inh|sv|non|rún}} Old Norse rún, {{glossary|accusative|acc.}} acc., {{glossary|singular|sing.}} sing., {{inh|sv|gmq-pro|ᚱᚢᚾᛟ|pos=acc. sing.}} Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo, acc. sing.), {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*rūnō}} Proto-Germanic *rūnō Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} runa c, {{sv-noun|c}} runa c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-or}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], runa [indefinite, nominative, singular], runas [genitive, indefinite, singular], runan [definite, nominative, singular], runans [definite, genitive, singular], runor [indefinite, nominative, plural], runors [genitive, indefinite, plural], runorna [definite, nominative, plural], runornas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a rune ((representation of a) letter of the runic alphabet) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-runa-sv-noun-zd3ms3qX
  2. (often in compounds) an obituary (brief biography of a recently deceased person, usually written by a journalist and published in a newspaper) Tags: common-gender, in-compounds, often
    Sense id: en-runa-sv-noun-3o4Vu1K4
  3. a rune (Finnic epic poem) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-runa-sv-noun-C5YvANG7 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 20 10 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dalruna, dödsruna, hälsingeruna, lönnruna, minnesruna, runalfabet, runinskrift, runkalender, runologi, runrad, runristare, runstav, runsten, trollruna

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dalruna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dödsruna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hälsingeruna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lönnruna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "minnesruna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "runalfabet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "runinskrift"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "runkalender"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "runologi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "runrad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "runristare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "runstav"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "runsten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trollruna"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "rūna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish rūna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "rún"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse rún",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "accusative",
        "2": "acc."
      },
      "expansion": "acc.",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "singular",
        "2": "sing."
      },
      "expansion": "sing.",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-pro",
        "3": "ᚱᚢᚾᛟ",
        "pos": "acc. sing."
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo, acc. sing.)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*rūnō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *rūnō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish rūna, rūn, from Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo, acc. sing.), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-or",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "runa c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "runa c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-or"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a rune ((representation of a) letter of the runic alphabet)"
      ],
      "id": "en-runa-sv-noun-zd3ms3qX",
      "links": [
        [
          "rune",
          "rune"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an obituary (brief biography of a recently deceased person, usually written by a journalist and published in a newspaper)"
      ],
      "id": "en-runa-sv-noun-3o4Vu1K4",
      "links": [
        [
          "obituary",
          "obituary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often in compounds) an obituary (brief biography of a recently deceased person, usually written by a journalist and published in a newspaper)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "in-compounds",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 10 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a rune (Finnic epic poem)"
      ],
      "id": "en-runa-sv-noun-C5YvANG7",
      "links": [
        [
          "rune",
          "rune"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "runa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 20 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Norse"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dalruna"
    },
    {
      "word": "dödsruna"
    },
    {
      "word": "hälsingeruna"
    },
    {
      "word": "lönnruna"
    },
    {
      "word": "minnesruna"
    },
    {
      "word": "runalfabet"
    },
    {
      "word": "runinskrift"
    },
    {
      "word": "runkalender"
    },
    {
      "word": "runologi"
    },
    {
      "word": "runrad"
    },
    {
      "word": "runristare"
    },
    {
      "word": "runstav"
    },
    {
      "word": "runsten"
    },
    {
      "word": "trollruna"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "rūna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish rūna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "rún"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse rún",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "accusative",
        "2": "acc."
      },
      "expansion": "acc.",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "singular",
        "2": "sing."
      },
      "expansion": "sing.",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-pro",
        "3": "ᚱᚢᚾᛟ",
        "pos": "acc. sing."
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo, acc. sing.)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*rūnō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *rūnō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish rūna, rūn, from Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo, acc. sing.), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-or",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "runornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "runa c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "runa c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-or"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a rune ((representation of a) letter of the runic alphabet)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rune",
          "rune"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an obituary (brief biography of a recently deceased person, usually written by a journalist and published in a newspaper)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obituary",
          "obituary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often in compounds) an obituary (brief biography of a recently deceased person, usually written by a journalist and published in a newspaper)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "in-compounds",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a rune (Finnic epic poem)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rune",
          "rune"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "runa"
}

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