Im getting an ancient nordic ruin tattoo that is supposed to say "sturdy". If anyone knows the most accurate characters for that lmk!

Almost exactly what it says on the tin; I know that the word should be written as one would pronounce "anstiz" in the Proto-Germanic for which the Elder Futhark would be used, and after some digging around on the internet I found THIS:

(Auto-Translated online; accuracy unclear.)

What I need to know NOW is weather-or-not that transliteration is even remotely ACURATE...?

Hi guys,

I think I need some help with a translation. I used AI to translate it but I don't think it's correct. Any help is greatly appriciated. In the end I want it written in younger futhark, if it's possible and not too much of a hustle I'd love it if someone could do it for me or show me where I can reliably learn to do it on my own.
Thank you in advance. :)

Hljóðs bið ek allar
helgar kindir,
meiri ok minni,
mögu Heimdallar;
ef þú vilt mér, Valföðr,
þá mun ek valkyrjur taka,
at kalla heim,
þegar tími minn er kominn.

I ask for silence from all the holy kin
both greater and lesser, the sons of Heimdall
if you wish me to, Valfather
then I will welcome the valkyries
to summon me home
when my time has come

Hi, I've been using ChatGPT recently and tried translating a phrase I like, but I don't really know that much to check if there are any mistakes. Could someone check it?

The phrase "Don't you dare go hollow" from the game *Dark Souls* is iconic, and to convert it into *Younger Futhark*, we'll follow the steps outlined:

###Step 1: Translation to Old Norse

This phrase is challenging to translate directly, but we’ll capture its essence. Here, "Don’t you dare lose yourself" or "Don’t you dare become empty" is best translated as:

- **Approximate Old Norse Translation**: "Þorir þú eigi verða tómligr"

- **Breakdown**:

- *Þorir þú eigi* = "Don’t you dare"

- *verða* = "to become"

- *tómligr* = "empty" or "hollow"

### Step 2: Phonetic Adaptation

We adapt the phrase to Old Norse sounds:

- "Þorir þú eigi verða tómligr" is already structured closely to the Old Norse phonetic system.

### Step 3: Transliteration into Younger Futhark

Now we convert the phrase to *Younger Futhark*. This system has only 16 runes, and multiple sounds are represented by a single rune.

The phrase in *Younger Futhark* runes would appear something like this:

**ᚦᚢᚱᛁᚱ ᚦᚢ ᛅᚴᛁ ᚢᛁᚱᛏᛅ ᛏᚬᛘᛁᛚᛁᚴᛦ**

### Important Note

This translation is an approximate and creative adaptation, as Old Norse didn’t have a direct equivalent for the concept of "hollow" as portrayed in *Dark Souls*. The phrase in runes will capture the sense of "don’t you dare lose yourself or become empty," echoing the original sentiment from the game.

I wanted to see if someone could help translate this. Trying to get a run bind for my dog

I tried to translate this phrase: ørlog sín viti engi fyrir, þeim er sorgalausastr sefi. The translated version became this: ᚢᚱᛚᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚢᛁᛏᛁ᛫ᛁᚴᛁ᛫ᚠᚢᚱᛁᚱ,᛫ᚦᛅᛁᛘ᛫ᛁᚱ᛫ᛋᚢᚱᚴᛅᛚᛅᚢᛋᛅᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚠᛁ I just need someone more experienced to confirm if this is correct or not.

I’m not certain whether it has a message or is simply decorative. (I hope it has a message), but my own attempts to decipher it has been futile. I don’t know much about runes at all though they are fascinating, unfortunately. I’m hoping a more well-informed nerd out there may be able to help?

I have a shovel. Heavy and grey.

I use it almost every day.

Legendary, it's earned It's pay.

So on it, I would like it to say...

"SCOFFNUNG" or "SCOFFNUNGR"

The more correct, the better.

If you could help me with some letters

In runic spelling, I'd be your debtor.

Hi, I'm about to get the runes “never” and “always” tattooed, I know that “never” is translated from the word “aldri” as seen in the photo, but what would be its antonym?

I am working on some artwork for a D&D game and I would like to spell out "City of Gizmet" in medieval runes on the doors leading into (you guessed it) the city of Gizmet. In IPA, Gizmet is pronounced [ɡɪzmɛt]. Any help would be appreciated!

Hello!
I need a little help to convert "the keeper" to runes for a tattoo.
I've seen few infos out there that made it a bit more confusing.
So if I understand correctly I need to translate it 1st to old Norse and then to Younger Futhark?
For now here's what I go following this guide
How to Spell Words in Runes for a Norse Viking Tattoo

1- "the keeper" in old norse is 'the gætir' (I might be wrong) which leads to:
ᚦᛁ᛫ᚴᛅᛏᛁᛦ or ᚦᛁ᛫ᚴᚬᛏᛁᛦ depends on the site

and some sites uses ᚱ -> ᚦᛁ᛫ᚴᛅᛏᛁᚱ ? not sure which is correct in my case

2- or can I just convert "the keeper" directly? which gives:
ᚦᛁ᛫ᚴᛁᛒᛁᛦ

Thank you for your help

REF:
Runic converters

I was looking into buying a home and I found all the bricks had these symbols carved into them. I was curious if they were runes and what they could possibly mean.

Good morning all. I would love some help spelling the name Raven and Syn if possible? The rune converter messed up both names. I know Syn isn’t very traditional but if I could at least get help with Raven, then I’d be so happy and it would be much appreciated. Thank you so much in advance

hi, i found this message on an oak tree bark in a forest in normandy. i’ve found some runes in the text but some other letters are in there and i just can’t find where they are from. Can anyone help me please? on the picture you will find a photo of the message on the tree bark and then my best attempt at making it look clearer and more legible. when there’s a wave it means i’m not really sure i’ve made out clearly what the symbol is and when there’s a question mark I just copied what’s on the bark but I really can’t make out the symbol. I really hope you can help me or maybe redirect me to a community that might be able to do so, thank you either way!!!

Hi all, I'm doing a memorial painting of my friend who was a Norse pagan of no specific group. I would like to include an inscription in runes, but I want it to be accurate. I know that this is a loaded question, as runes are extremely broad and evolved over time and place. But, I'm trying to be somewhat accurate to the Viking era - are there any extant runic phrases that would work well on a memorial piece?

I've looked it up but I want to get the advice of someone who really knows, so I don't write something like the equivalent of a Kanji tattoo that says "I love Rice" when the person thinks it means "Courage".

What would elder and younger futhark loom like for the abbreviated letters JER?

Also, I'm getting a tattoo done and was wondering if there are any old norse protection runes for strength and wisom?

(Edit because my phone keyboard was being dumb)

Title. This is for a friend. What is the best way to represent this Icelandic name in runes? They also go by Sigga. Thanks.

Hoping someone could translate my son's name to Elder Futhark or Younger Futhark. I'd like to see the difference between the two. Every rune generator I've used come up with something different. His name is: Thadius Bane

Just had a quick question about if there's a generally agreed upon way to represent Bindrunes within Unicode.

Like the classic ᚨ + ᛉ bindrune. Would you put it in brackets like this (ᚨ/ᛉ)? Or this (ᚨ/ᛣ)?

Or is it purely based on how each person does it? I'm curious and love to know how to do it, if there's a generally accepted way of doing it.

Thanks in advance!

So, no longer wanting EF, I’m English and I want Anglo Saxon runes.

Family - maegth - ᛗᛇᚷᚦ. Strength - strengþu - ᛋᛏᚱᛖᛝᚦᚢ. Loyalty - trīewe - ᛏᚱĪᛖᚹᛖ. Frost - forst- ᚠᚩᚱᛋᛏ.

Are these correct translations to old English? And if so are the runes the correct way of spelling them?

Okay, posted a few times now and all I got was more confused

• Determination • Strength • Loyalty • Family

What is the elder futhark translations for them.

A similar question to my previous one: with (Norse) Younger Futhark, with what rune would you transliterate the Greek letter ω (omega)?

With the Elder Futhark, it would be transliterated with the ᛟ rune, but since this rune fell out of use with the Norse Younger Futhark, how would you transliterate it?

I did notice that ᛟ rune was still in use with the west-germanic (Anglo-Frisian) and also with the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabets. How separate were the north-germanic and west-germanic branches? I guess there was not enough interaction between the two geographic areas that borrowing runes for your neighbouring culture was a probable thing? So how would they transliterate the IPA [ɔː] or [o] ?

This is a protection relic from a show. Apparently there is a secret in it. The center (ingwaz) is a protection rune but i cant figure out what the E shaped characters around it are I've never seen one with three horizontal lines. Is this just made up or have i missed this character when i used to look at runes