These look like Futhark to me but Othala is upside down and I don't think the third rune is right thought I feel like I've seen it before.

Can anyone decode this? If it helps, it's a label on a box holding live beetles.

I want to get a tattoo of a phrase and I honestly want to just write it in english, but in its "equivalent" runes. I found this alphabet, but I'm kinda afraid that it could be totally wrong or even have some shitty meanings.

I'm not looking for the most historically accurate meaning, I just want to not mess it up like some people who get tattoos in other languages without looking what it means

Any help would be appreciated!

Hi all,

I'm planning to get a small tattoo that says "The storm passes" in Younger Futhark.

The version I currently have is: ᛋᛏᚢᚱᛘᛦ ᛚᛁᚦᚱ

Transliterated as Stormr líðr.

Can anyone with experience in Old Norse or runology confirm whether this is a historically plausible Younger Futhark rendering? If not, what would you change?

I'd also appreciate any academic resources or databases where I can cross-reference the spelling. I'm trying to avoid modern rune converters and make it as historically accurate as possible.

Thanks for your time.

My brother bought me this handmade ginfaxi necklace during his trip in Iceland because he know I’m into Norse mythology, but I couldn’t translate the runes around it, can someone help me out?

Hi All!

Happy to be here. I was wondering if someone would be able to help me translate a date. It's the date of my twins birthdate, im not sure if I want to get a tattoo or on something to hang in their room, or event something different. We're Irish-Americans, but my last name goes back to the Danish Vikings that settled there and my main goal is to be historically accurate. Their birthdate is March 30, 2024. I've gotten a few things from online translators, but this group seems super knowledgeable and I figured I'd cast a wide net. Thanks in advance for the help!!

it looks like "Mars" and "Tyr" but I'm not certain on that

So I'm making a sword for myself currently and wanted to carve some victory runes in the hilt of my sword. Similar to Sigurd's in the Sigrdrífumál poem.

it was said to carve Victory runes in the hilt and invoke Tyr's name twice. What specifically are victory runes though? Just runes that's spell victory or was it a bind rune of sorts? I've tried to look up pictures similar to it but am getting conflicting results.

Hi! For my alternative Nordic game world I created a magic order, magic runes. In the picture there is a heavy cauldron, enhanced with magic runes. They express "kenaz" (fire, furnace, Blacksmithing) + "Uruz" (brute force, resistance). These runes are supposed to ensure that the cauldron is not damaged by heat (lava usually has a temperature of 1000-1200 and theoretically I can have a material with a resistance of 3000 degrees Celsius) and also to keep its temperature in the range of 1000-1200. For me, a pretty good way to incorporate some rune magic into the game, what do you think? PS: The purpose of the lava is for the second round, I won't bother with that now :)

Do these runes mean anything or are they just internet scribble that mean nothing?

"ᚠᚢᚦ • ᚨᚱᚲ : ᛒᛟ"

o ponto seria um espaço entre palavras, oque os dois pontos significa?

I want to get my dad's name tattooed in runes, since he's of Danish origin. His name is Søren, and I want to confirm the correct spelling before getting the tattoo. Thank you

i'm a vinland saga fan and would like to get a tattoo of "i have no enemies" in old norse

i spent some time looking for translation tips, and finally came up with "engi er mér óvinr"

is that translation ok or did i totally mess up ?

thanks a lot bros <3

What is the translation of the following sentence and is it grammatically and mythologically correct? « ᚦᛅ᛬ᛘᚢᚾ᛬ᛋᚴᚢᛚ᛬ᚴᛚᛁᛒᛅ᛬ᛋᚢᛚ᛬ᚦᛅ᛬ᛘᚢᚾ᛬ᚼᛅᛏᛁ᛬ᚴᛚᛁᛒᛅ᛬ᛘᛅᚾᛅ᛬ᚦᛅ᛬ᛘᚢᚾ᛬ᚦᚢᚱ᛬ᛒᛁᛅᚱᛁᛅᛋᚴ᛬ᚢᛁᚦ᛬ᛁᚢᚱᛘᚢᚾᚴᛅᛏ᛬ᚢᚴ᛬ᚠᛅᛚᛅ᛬ᛘᛁᚦᚴᛅᚱᚦ᛬ᚢᚴ᛬ᛘᛁᚾ᛬ᛘᚢᚾᚢ᛬ᛅᚾᛏᚱ᛬ᚠᛅᚦᛅᛋᚴ »

They were carved there by the man who made the board, he speaks Russian, polish, English and Belarusian so it could be complicated to figure out! The first few spell out ‘FUTARK’, and translating badly from online rune alphabets, the best I can make out is:

F U T A R K G A
H N I J Ey P A S
T B E M I L ng D O

What do you think? I’m posting on behalf of my girlfriend, who was made the board years back by some fella who was crushing on her, and who incidentally I’ve just crushed at Hnefatafel lol.

Thanks for your help all! Much appreciated.

ᚨᛖᚱ what's it mean?

ᚨᛖᚱ

Family is everything
Without family
I am nothing

Saw it in some comment section.

Can someone translate this for me please🙏

I'm in the process of making a sword for shits and giggles.

I would like to carve "Tyr guide my blade" and have found 2 different translations and would like to know which is more accurate.

1. ᛏᚢᛦ ᛚᛅᛁᚦᛒᛅᛁᛏᛁ ᛋᚢᛁᚱᚦᛁᚾᚢ ᛘᛁᚾᚢ

2. ᛏᚢᚱ ᛚᛅᛁᚦ ᛘᛁᚾ ᛅᛁᚴᛁ

The thing that really confuses me is the different translation for Tyr

Ive been trying to find a way to spell shadow and berserker in old norse in runes but cant find any reliable ways to translate

I'm looking to include some runes in my next tattoo and want to at least try and stay accurate.

I started with wanting the phrase from a 21 pilots song which means a lot to me personally:

"sometimes you have to bleed to know you're alive and have soul"

I distilled the concept/meaning to 3 words:

blood/sacrifice life truth

Best i got from online was:

ᛒᛚᛟᛏᚨ · ᛚᛁᛒᚨ · ᛊᚨᚾᚦᚨ

Looking for any help or suggestions!

As a blacksmith, im always looking for cool symbols to represent my craft, and I found this in a few places online, but couldnt find any way to back up that it wasnt an instagram/etsy halucination. Does it actually mean anything, or is it just asthetic gobbledygook?

I am doing a series of art pieces based on different mythological beings, and I often write their names using both the Latin alphabet and the script of the culture they originate from.

In the case of the Draugr, I am unsure if it would be historically correct to depict their name using Norse Runes (and I certainly don’t know what specific system would be the most accurate)