Ruin or ruin means to destroy or spoil; to render unfit for use, literally or figuratively--
You will ruin your new suede shoes if you wear them in the rain.
If he is indicted, it could mean financial ruin.
Ruin may also mean the remains of something destroyed, such as an ancient building--
There is a Roman ruin we want to see, just outside of the town.
The castle makes a charming ruin.
Rune or rune means one of the characters of an ancient alphabet, or something written in these characters--
It looks like a rune, from an Old Norse saga.
She thinks that each rune has a mystical meaning, and she uses them to tell fortunes.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"This ancient rune tells the story of the ruin of a Norse chieftan and his followers."
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