Sure, I've used them a lot in games myself (though not in Glorantha). I don't see why the God Learners, or Malkioni wizards in general, wouldn't have such runes, although I wouldn't expect them to have been published anywhere.
OTOH, its worth noting that individual runes can stand for different
things in different contexts. For example, in the real world, the runes
for the planet Mars, the metal iron, and for masculinity are (or at
least can be - there are alternatives) all the same thing - the familiar
spear and shield symbol ♂. In a similar vein, I can well imagine
Gloranthans using the darkness rune to mean 'lead' as well as
'darkness', especially if they accompany it with the mineral rune. Apart
from extreme specialists, why wouldn't they?
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