helliruna

== Old High German == === Etymology === From hella, hellia (“hell, afterlife”) +‎ rūna (“secret, mystery”), perhaps inherited from Proto-Germanic *haljōrūnō. Occurs as a gloss to Latin necromantia. Related to Old English helrūna (“necromancer, one adept in the mysteries of hell”), hellrūn (“sorceress”), and possibly a Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌾𐍉𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (*haljōrūna, “witch”), mentioned and Latinized by Jordanes in his Getica as haliurunnas (“witches”, accusative plural). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhel.li.ruː.na/ === Noun === hellirūna f necromancy, sorcery ==== Declension ==== === References === Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition