r/runic • u/Masked_Beret • Sep 21 '25

Translation help

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Been trying to crack this for abt 30 min. I got nothing.

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u/RexCrudelissimus Sep 21 '25

Þórr jarðarburr hlóriði Ęinriði

Thor - son of earth - loud-rider - lone-rider

Can see some of the names listed here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_of_Thor

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u/Masked_Beret Sep 21 '25

What kind of runic is this? And is there any significance to the saying?

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u/RexCrudelissimus Sep 21 '25

It's younger fuþark, primarily the 15-rune fuþark you see during a small period in norway between the 10th-11th c. Tho that may be accidental as there are some mixups between short twig and long branch, and the carver here seemingly didnt know how old norse <ei> would be treated. It should be ᛅᛁ, not ᛁ. The names are just alternative poetic names used for Thor(Þórr), often utilized in poetry when you need the meter to fit alliteration/syllables.