rune

n. character from any of the ancient Germanic languages of Scandinavia and Britain; phrase or poem recited when casting a magic spell

The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters (known as runes), formerly used to write Germanic languages before and shortly after the Christianization of Scandinavia and the British Isles. The Scandinavian variants are also known as Futhark (or fuþark, derived from their first six letters: F, U, Þ, A, R, and K); the Anglo-Saxon variant as Futhorc (due to sound changes undergone in Old English by the same six letters).
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Noun
1. any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each rune had its own magical significance"
(synonym) runic letter
(hypernym) character, grapheme, graphic symbol
(hyponym) thorn

n. rune, character from any of the ancient Germanic languages of Scandinavia and Britain; phrase or poem recited when casting a magic spell

n. rune, character from any of the ancient Germanic languages of Scandinavia and Britain; phrase or poem recited when casting a magic spell