Vickers paused and looked up from his notes. What did the word Rune mean? He didnt know. Not off the top of his head. Thats why he was in class, he needed to learn more about this subject given that it was his first time to take Runic anything. Given that he was already very nervous at drawing a complete blank on the Professor's question he did the next best thing--he reached out for his text book.

Reading through a few pages quickly he tentatively raised his hand "Professor, the word Rune goes as far back as the Old English word run, which had taken various meanings-- from to consult/ consultation to runic letter to secret or mystery . The modern meaning, which took that spelling from the Old Dutch word rune means utterance or whisper or message, it has even taken on further meaning such as song or poem"