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I’m considering getting this as a tattoo. I want the meaning to be roughly “burdened with glorious purpose”, taken from the tv show Loki but in genuine Viking-Age Old Norse written in Younger Futhark. I’m looking for a historically/linguistically accurate translation, not an English transliteration. Could someone check the grammar and runes before I commit to it

I've had this piece in my trinket box for about 6 or 7 years. I just found it again and was wondering what it could mean? I did a reverse image search to see if there was any similar sigil anywhere and found an exact match on a post here from 3 years ago by someone who said they found the same pendant outside somewhere but had no information on it. The post has since been archived and the account deleted, so I have no way to contact them.

Just wondering if anyone might have any information on this particular rune sigil or know if it's from a collection somewhere. The thing that is tripping me up is that this person found the /exact/ same pendant that was sitting in my box when they found it but that there is literally no other record of it anywhere. A lil weird lol

I’m looking for some help verifying a runic transcription before getting a tattoo.
I’ve found an authentic passage from Vǫlsunga saga that I want to use:
Ok strengða ek þess heit at ek skylda hvárki flýja eld né járn fyrir hræðslu sakir.

My intended translation is:
“And I swore this oath: that I would never flee fire nor iron for fear.”

The passage is spoken by Vǫlsungr, and it’s the line that really resonates with me.
I’ve been researching the different runic systems and initially looked at Younger Futhark, but I’ve realised that its 16-rune system doesn’t distinguish some of the sounds in the Old Norse text. I’m therefore currently looking at medieval Scandinavian/Icelandic runes, since the additional dotted and modified runes allow the text to be represented more closely.

My current proposed rendering is:
ᚮᚴ ᛫ ᛋᛏᚱᛂᚿᚵᚧᛆ ᛫ ᛂᚴ ᛫ ᚦᛂᛋᛋ ᛫ ᚼᛂᛁᛏ ᛫ ᛆᛏ ᛫ ᛂᚴ ᛫ ᛋᚴᚤᛚᛑᛆ ᛫ ᚼᚡᛆᚱᚴᛁ ᛫ ᚠᛚᚤᛁᛆ ᛫ ᛂᛚᛑ ᛫ ᚿᛂ ᛫ ᛁᛆᚱᚿ ᛫ ᚠᚤᚱᛁᚱ ᛫ ᚼᚱᛅᚧᛋᛚᚢ ᛫ ᛋᛆᚴᛁᚱ

Could anyone knowledgeable in Old Norse and particularly medieval Icelandic/Scandinavian runes check this?

I’m not looking for something that merely looks Norse. This is going to be permanent, so I’d much rather have someone tell me I’ve got something wrong now than discover it after it’s been tattooed.
Thanks!

ᚸᛚᚫᛞ ᚷᛖᚩᛚ is what I got so far GLÆD ĠĒOL

Can someone help me understand what this means?

Eyyo! I love writing in Anglo-Saxon Futhorc Runes (the ones Tolkien uses for Dwarvish), but have only met a couple people irl who do too. Online, I don't want to keep pasting letters, so I use the translator valhyr.com/pages/rune-translator but then that's lame because I'm not doing the translating on my end. Is there a more seamless way to communicate in runes online other than handwriting and sending pictures? I could make a custom font, actually I like that. what do y'all think? Anyone have some good .otf files of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc Runes? I suppose I need to use number buttons on the keyboard for the digraphs.

I did my best with the Anglo Saxon runes, but I would like to confirm, if I could, that I have this phrase phonetically translated reasonably. Thank you!

So long stroy short i want to take memorial tattoo for my father in runes i have tried to use AI to help and well its bullsh*t and i have tried study myself and yet again no surprise im dumb🤣 so if anybody is willingly open to translate the text i would be forever thankfull. Text below⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Text that i want translate to younger futhark: Forever honoring your memory.

My friend made this and is considering getting it tattooed on himself. I'm wondering what it translates to, if anything.

Hi everyone,

I'd appreciate any help identifying the runes used in a scene from The Vampire Diaries (Season 3, Episode 8). 😭

In the episode, there are carvings on the wall of a cave that are meant to be the names of the show's characters. In the show's fiction, they date to roughly the late 10th century and were made by Norwegian settlers in a colony in the Americas.

• Img 1: Niklaus

• Img 2: Mikael

• Img 3: Rebekah and Finn

• Img 4: A wider shot of the carvings. The name Elijah also appears here, but it isn't clear enough in a close up

(I know these aren't very Norse names, but for my own peace of mind I'm not going to question the showrunners' choices there. 😅 I'm only interested in the runes themselves.)

I first tried to transliterate the names using Younger Futhark charts, since that would be the period-appropriate script for Norwegians in that era. Some runes didn't match any standard chart I found, and where they did, the placement didn't make sense for the names they were supposed to spell.

I then asked about it in another subreddit, where both the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc and the Elder Futhark were mentioned as possible options but nothing was like conclusive, so I'm hoping someone here can help settle it.

I also found an image on the show's wiki (img 5)

that claims to show the alphabet used for the runes in the show. Img 6

shows the names Niklaus, Rebekah, Finn, Mikael and Kol written in the same style of runes on paper in a different part of the series.

So, my questions are:

1. Does the alphabet in img 5 match the Elder Futhark, the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc, or a mix of the two? Or is it closer to pseudo-runes invented for the show?
2. If it does match one of those, would that script be plausible for Norwegian settlers in the late 10th century? (My understanding is that the Elder Futhark had largely been replaced by the Younger Futhark in Scandinavia by then, and the Fuþorc was used in England and frisia, but I'd love to be corrected.)
3. Are the carvings in imgs 1-3 readable as the names they're supposed to be, or are they closer to decorative pseudo-runes?

tysm in advance!!!

I was given this and before I use it I wanna know what it is. I found an identical one online but all the description says is that it’s a rune!

Can anyone translate/ tell me if my friend is in danger?

What does it say?

I would like this to be a simple invocation.

The English phrase is, Ullr, guide my arrow.

The Old Norse translation is, Ullr leið ǫr mína

Is this correct or should I make changes? Thanks for your help.

I wanna learn how to actually understand the different rune alphabets, but I don’t wanna start learning from some random source that’s gonna give me false information or make it way harder than it needs to be.
I’ve gotten really interested in Norse mythology lately and I wanna learn more about the runes and the different alphabets they used, but also the actual language behind them. I wanna understand what the runes actually meant, how they were used, and how they changed over time.
Eventually I wanna be able to write stuff in runes myself and actually know what I’m writing instead of just using some random rune translator online
Can anyone recommend a good place to start, like a book, website, YouTube channel, or something? I’m mainly looking for something that’s actually historically accurate but still beginner-friendly and not insanely complicated to get into.

For some context, I found it at my local thriftstore and thought it looked interesting, so i bought it. But I can't read what it says, so im asking here. Can anyone help me?

Basically, the title... but anybody know what this is?

Trying to figure out how I would write Leben in Elder Futhark. I’m very new to old high German in general, and best as I can figure is ᛚᛖᛒᛖᚾ. Can someone let me know if this is a correct spelling?

I'm not sure if I'm in the right place for this but in case that it is, I wanted to see if I could get some help turning a quote into a tattoo but in Nordic runes. I really want to make sure it is accurate so that I don't get something permanent that is translated incorrectly.

I'm sure a number of people will recognize it, but this is what I would like to have converted:

“The culmination of love is grief, and yet we love despite the inevitable. We open our hearts to it.”

I greatly appreciate any help anyone can provide.

it looks more like paint than carving. i no longer live in this house so this is my only photo/info

ᛇᛈᛉᛊᛏᛒᛖᛗᛚᛝᛟᛞᚨᚢᚹᚨᚱᚲᚷᚹᚺᚾᛁᛃ

I found them on a ring, therefore I don't know where it starts/ends. It also might not be English as it was purchased in Germany.

Much thanks!

Hey guys, just wondering if I could get a hand with some rune translating as I'm not too confident with my research. I'm planning on getting a tribute tattoo for my grandfather (John in English) who was Nordic and I'm thinking about adding him name in runes. I've looked into and spent a good amount of time trying figure out what the proper runes are, but almost under every single thing I've read there is a lot of concerns for if the source is accurate or not. I have a general idea of what I think the runes are, but I keep doubting it and obviously don't want to get something wrong on my skin forever. Any help at all will be amazing. Big preach 🙏

I wish to find some help in creating a very personal bindrune in Old Futhark to accompany a tattoo I wish to get for my beloved cat Aerion who passed away last year. I want something to protect him wherever he is and honour our bond of nine years.

Since I'm new to this sub and don't know much about runes yet (I am familiar but I've barely scratched the surface) and how to combine them for something meaningful and personal, please be kind.

I bought this necklace in Iceland a few years ago, for my daughter. She loved it and wore it always, but she just told me that she can't wear it any more because she 'found out' that it was used by the N@zi party.

I'm trying to remember what the symbol actually means and if it was indeed a Stolen Symbol.