Rune vs Sigil - What's the difference?
rune | sigil |
A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
A Finnish poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
Any verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; an incantation.
* 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, page 15:
(obsolete) A roun.
A seal, signature or signet.
A sign, image or symbol considered to be magical.
(programming) A nonalphanumeric character affixed to a symbol (e.g. variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.
As nouns the difference between rune and sigil
is that rune is a letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons while sigil is a seal, signature or signet.rune
English
(runes)Noun
(en noun)- the fiddle sang and sang as ceaselessly as the chanting cicada without, and the frogs intoning their sylvan runes by the waterside.
