lönnruna

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

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 24 January 2025, 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 23 February 2025:

     [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 13 March 2023:

     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.

• lönnruna in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker