[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

runic \ru"nic\, a.
   of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the norsemen; as,
   runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.
   1913 webster

   runic staff. see clog almanac, under clog.

   runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought
      to have been used by the heathen tribes of northern europe
      in magical ceremonies.
      1913 webster
see also:
runic staff clog almanac clog runic wand 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

runic
     adj : relating to or consisting of runes; "runic inscription"

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 moby thesaurus words for "runic":
   alcaic, anacreontic, castalian, homeric, hudibrastic, pierian,
   pindaric, theocritean, bardic, bucolic, didactic, dithyrambic,
   dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, heroic, idyllic, mock-heroic,
   narrative, pastoral, poetic, poetico-mystical,
   poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, rhapsodic,
   sapphic, skaldic

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

runic adj. syn. obscure. vms fans sometimes refer to unix as `runix';
   unix fans return the compliment by expanding vms to `very messy syntax'
   or `vachement mauvais syste`me' french idiom, "hugely bad system".


see also:
obscure 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

runic
     
         obscure, consisting of runes.
     
        vms fans sometimes refer to unix as "runix".  unix fans
        return the compliment by expanding vms to "very messy syntax"
        or "vachement mauvais systeme" french; literally "cowlike bad
        system", idiomatically "bitchy bad system".
     
        1996-09-17
     
     
see also:
runes vms unix 

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