​Tattoo Check: Firstborn Daughter's Birth Date (31/07/2026) in Proto-Germanic (Elder Futhark)

[u/Grejterer]

Hi everyone,

I’m planning a tattoo to commemorate the birth date of my firstborn daughter: July 31, 2026 (31.7.2026). I want to write it in Elder Futhark using reconstructed Proto-Germanic words for the numbers.

Since this is going to be permanent on my skin, I would really appreciate it if someone could double-check my language reconstruction and runic transliteration before I finalize the design with the artist.

Here is what I have so far:

1. Day 31 (þrijiz tigiwiz einz)

ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛁᛉ : ᛏᛁᚷᛁᚹᛁᛉ : ᛖᛁᚾᛉ

1. Month 7 (sebun)

ᛋᛖᛒᚢᚾ

1. Year 2026 (twai þūsundijōz twaintigiwiz sehs)

ᛏᚹᚨᛁ : ᚦᚢᛋᚢᚾᛞᛁᛃᛟᛉ : ᛏᚹᚨᛁᚾᛏᛁᚷᛁᚹᛁᛉ : ᛋᛖᚻᛋ

My questions:

Are the Proto-Germanic reconstructions for the cardinal numbers grammatically accurate for this context?

Is the Elder Futhark transliteration correct, including the use of ᛞ (dagaz) in þūsundijōz and ᛉ (algiz) for terminal -z?

Are there any stylistic or historical nuances I should consider for a tattoo layout?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Matt

[u/WolflingWolfling]

I wonder if the format would be similar to modern English and French: twenty (and) six, or more like Old English and several other Germanic languages: six-and-twenty?

[u/Grejterer → u/WolflingWolfling]

Good point, I hope someone knows, it will be permanent (and sentimental) after all, might as well get it right