hieroglyphic vs rune

hieroglyphic

noun
  • Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol. 

  • Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph. 

  • A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus 

adj
  • difficult to decipher 

  • of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols 

rune

noun
  • A letter or mark used as a mystical or magic symbol. 

  • A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons. 

  • A Finnish or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala. 

  • A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation. 

  • A Unicode code point. 

How often have the words hieroglyphic and rune occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )