Comments on: How to Write in Norse Runes

By: Tero

Tero — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 17:18:05 +0000

I want to get a tattoo of an old norse saying “Better to fight and fall than to live without hope” in long branch younger futhark, but i would like it to be as original as possible.

The closest old norse translation that i can find is Betra er at berjask ok falla en at lifa án vánar”, and in Youger Futhark as: ᛒᛅᛏᚱᛅ ᛁᛦ ᛅᛏ ᛒᛅᚱᛁᛅᛋᚴ ᛅᚢᚴ ᚠᛅᛚᛅ ᛁᚾ ᛅᛏ ᛚᛁᚨᛅ ᚬᚾ ᚢᚬᚾᛅᛦ.

What do you think of the translation?

By: Sharon Salyers

Sharon Salyers — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 22:42:59 +0000

In reply to Petra. I have a rune tattoo. It says water, for my Wiccan element. Is that a bad thing?

By: Leon Laika Schaffer

Leon Laika Schaffer — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:50:15 +0000

In reply to Mandy. younger futhark or elder futhark?

By: ᚨᚦᚨᛚᚨᚹᚢᛚᚠᚨᛉ

ᚨᚦᚨᛚᚨᚹᚢᛚᚠᚨᛉ — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 15:24:50 +0000

In reply to S M. Suðreyjar may also be written this way: ᛋᚢᚦᚱᛅᛁᛅᚱ since doubling should not be done and the ár rune ᛅ corresponds to a, æ and e as well so write it at best like shown above and have a good day.

By: Petra

Petra — Tue, 12 May 2020 21:57:38 +0000

Thank you so much for this information
I feel bad for all those people with rune tattoos

By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 18:25:41 +0000

I’ve seen various runes stacked/layered to form a complex rune ‘word’ or ‘idea’. Do you have any suggestions for how to layer runes? Is there a compound rune for Einherjar?

By: S M

S M — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 10:43:27 +0000

Suðreyjar is the name for the southern isles (the hebrides/kingdom of the isles in old norse and modern icelandic. How would you translate this into runes of that period (younger futhark)? ‘From my understanding’ e y j all use the same rune.

I realise there is a rule for not doubling of runes. However, this would triple them. Suðreyjar – ᛋᚢᚦᚱᛁᛁᛁᛅᚱ
This has truly stumped me and I’m beginning to wonder if I am just over thinking it.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 19:21:19 +0000

Hi great website. Quick question. I might just be blind but I was wondering if you had a recommended source to copy inscriptions from? I was looking to inscribe on a stone tile something to the effect of “no evil spirts shall pass”. I’ve seen charts that have English letters for runes but I didn’t think That would be recommended.

By: Viking Rune

Viking Rune — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 20:59:58 +0000

In reply to Coleman. Note that the grammatically correct form is til valhallar.

By: Colten Simmons

Colten Simmons — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:36:29 +0000

Hello, Rune Team! I was wondering if you could help me out a little bit. My son is named Odin Simmons and I keep seeing it spelled in the Elder Futhark Runes but above it isn’t suggested that the Elder Futhark is used for Old Norse names. If I don’t wish to make a comparison between the God Odin and my son Odin then would it be acceptable to write Odin Simmons all in Elder Futhark? Or would I just look uneducated?
Thank you for any advice given!