Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Finnish use, a song, ballad, poem, or air.
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Examples
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In September, a panel of Swiss Federal Criminal Court judges in Bellinzona, Switzerland, ordered the continued detention of B runo Kälin,
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The first is the modernized arrangement of "Kokkovirsi Bonfire Song" a Finnish free verse runo song.
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For one thing, the band still base their music around Medieval ballads from throughout Scandinavia, seamlessly combining Norse mythology with Finnish runo songs and Swedish folk tales.
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That runo has been interpreted in various ways, including musically by Estonian composer Veljo Tormis.
Archive 2005-07-01 K. A. Laity 2005
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That runo has been interpreted in various ways, including musically by Estonian composer Veljo Tormis.
Vipunen K. A. Laity 2005
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The solitary woman who had hidden in the _runo_ reeds of Argáwan continued to eke out an existence and to pass her time in weaving
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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To this framework are lashed strips of _palma brava_, supports for a covering of closely laid _runo_, on which rests the final topping of flattened bamboo.
The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition Fay-Cooper Cole 1921
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As soon as all was arranged at the fire a small amount of basi was poured over a sprig of pa-lo'-ki which was stuck in the soil of the sementera, or one or two sprigs were inserted, drooping, in a split in a tall, green runo, and this was pushed into the soil.
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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That night each boy brought in a large bundle of runo.
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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A few people have runo slat mats, some of which roll up, while others are inflexible, and they lie on these over the stone pavement.
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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