rune poem

English

Noun

rune poem (plural rune poems)

1. A poem with separate stanzas explaining the meaning of each rune in the futhorc or futhark.
   • 1849, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period of the Norman Conquest, volume II, page 62:

     The Rune poem says that Ing was first known among the East-danes, and that he was so named by the Heardings.

   • 1989, Edred Thorsson, A Handbook of Esoteric Runology, page 23:

     The "Old English Rune Poem" contains a futhorc of twenty-eight staves.