Comments on: Convert Letters to Runes

By: elyar

elyar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:56:38 +0000

Im not sure about your S in elder futhark. and the other question is why it uses J for Y letter? for example in my nam. I have looked into a lot of wikipedia and other sites. it seems that there is not an absolute rule for any kind of Futhark or runic letters. I downloaded a bunch of Fonts either but they are different either! where I have to believe? Im lost. I wanna use it for tattoo I cant risk!

By: Tre Jordan

Tre Jordan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:46:11 +0000

Hi,
My sister and I are planning on getting Odin’s ravens as a tattoo. I would like to have Huginn and Muninn in rune, any suggestions?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:16:03 +0000

No, r is not done with the úr rune, and you will need a separate rune for that sound (reið), because úr is the name of the rune and not two sounds that it transacribes. True, úr is the same as *uruz of the Elder Futhark, but in the Younger Futhark there are fewer runes and each represents several sounds, unlike the Elder Futhark runes. The Younger Futhark úr can represent u, o, ø, y and even au.

By: Björn

Björn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:42:27 +0000

This is interesting so since I would use úr rune for ø would that mean I wouldn’t use a rune for “r” since the sound is already done with the úr rune? The úr rune from younger futhark and the uruz rune from elder futhark look almost identical, do they have the same sound too?

Thank you friend.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:26:07 +0000

Hello Björn, In the Younger Futhark ø was transcribed by means of the rune úr.

By: Björn

Björn — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:50:28 +0000

Hello grand admin!

I was curious how to write my name, Björn, in runes, but I have become quite confused in which runes I use. For example do I use the rune that represents o or is there a special rune for ö/ø.

Thank you.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:27:10 +0000

Hi Gabriel, We cannot translate whole phrases into Proto-Norse as easily as we do into Latin or Ancient Greek. The runic texts offer us too little data on syntax, word usage, grammar etc. For instance, the word *erilaz that you used for 'runemaster' may well be the Proto-Germanic form of Anglo-Saxon eorl 'man, warrior, noble' and mean a military title. We simply don't know. I would suggest using some formula that is attested in an existing runic inscription. You may be interested to read the article on the seven known Anglo-Saxon runic rings.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:11:26 +0000

Hello, I want to engrave a ring with a runic inscription that should read: “I runemaker Gabriel pray these runes will grant wisdom and love”. I has proven quite difficult to translate this, what i have so far is:
ehwaz-kaunan_ehwaz-raido-isaz-laguz-ansuz-algiz_gebo-ansuz-berkanan-raido-isaz-ehwz-laguz_blank_isaz_raido-uruz-naudiz-opila-algiz_blank

I would be eternally gratefull if you could give me a hand filling in the remaining blanks as I am struggling trying to make an accurate translation.

Thank you for your time

By: admin

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:09:24 +0000

Hi Móðr, Your name in the Younger Futhark runes: maðr-óss-þurs-reið. It rather means 'out of breath'.

By: móðr

móðr — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:35:55 +0000

I want to get móðr tattooed between my shoulders. It means Tired.
Im not sure how to translate the accents. Help appreciated.

Also, Anders Porq ‘is it safe?’
from Clerks animated series?