lönnruna

Swedish

Etymology

From lönn- (“secret”) +‎ runa (“rune”)

Noun

lönnruna c

1. secret rune (with magical properties)

   Synonym: trollruna

   • 1924, Carl Grimberg, “X. Supplement I”, in Svenska folkets underbara öden‎^[1], P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, accessed through runeberg.org, archived from the original on 2025-01-24, page 104:

     [S]umman av lönnrunornas talvärde blir 24, ett tal, som ofta återkommer i inskrifter med magiskt syfte.

     The sum of the secret runes' numerical value is 24, a number which is often found in inscriptions with magical purposes.

   • 2013 February 8, Rebecca Sutton, “Unik amulett mot onda andar hittad av Vänermuséet i Lidköping”, in Sveriges Radio‎^[2], archived from the original on 2025-02-23:

     [Det] upptäcktes att så kallade [...] lönnrunor ristats in på amuletten.

     It was discovered that so-called secret runes had been carved into the amulet.

   • 2014 February 14, Karolina Lek, Mattias Lodding, “Efter 900 år – vikingens kärlekskod knäckt”, in Sveriges Television‎^[3], archived from the original on 2023-03-13:

     Benbiten, med sina inristade isrunor [...] är skriven med så kallade lönnrunor, en sorts kod, och ingen har kunnat tyda skriften. Förrän nu.

     The bone fragment, with its carved ice runes is written with so-called secret runes, a kind of code, and no one has been able to decipher the writing. Until now.

Declension

Declension of lönnruna

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lönnruna	lönnrunas
	definite	lönnrunan	lönnrunans
plural	indefinite	lönnrunor	lönnrunors
	definite	lönnrunorna	lönnrunornas

References

• lönnruna in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker