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bind rune

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bind rune (plural bind runes)

The Bluetooth logo, showing an example of a bind rune formed from the (Hagall) and (Bjarkan) runes
  1. (writing) A type of ligature formed by two or more runes; most commonly with two or three runes sharing one or more common vertical strokes, or with several runes arranged vertically with their vertical strokes joined end-to-end.
    • 1867, George Stephens, The Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, volume I, London: John Russell Smith, page 356:
      We have also 2 uncommon Bind-runes here, the OL in SOL and the ER in HUILER.