trollruna

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of trolla (“do magic”) +‎ runa (“rune”)

Noun

trollruna c

  1. synonym of lönnruna (“secret rune”)
    • 1898, A. U. Bååth, Nordmanna-Mystik‎[1], F. & G. Beijers bokförlagsaktiebolag, accessed at Gutenberg.org, archived from the original on 2 May 2024:
      Troligt är emellertid, att trollrunorna endast varit de allmänna runtecknen, framställda i synnerligen förvridna former.
      It is likely, however, that the secret runes had merely been the ordinary runic letters, rendered in extremely distorted forms.
    • 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 trollrunor [...] ristats in på amuletten.
      It was discovered that so-called secret runes had been carved into the amulet.

Declension

Declension of trollruna
nominative genitive
singular indefinite trollruna trollrunas
definite trollrunan trollrunans
plural indefinite trollrunor trollrunors
definite trollrunorna trollrunornas

References

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