I want my fallen ancestors carved into my skin, or, i'd like tattoos to honour my late grandparents. I thought to create bindrunes from their initial glyphs of the elder futhark, simply because that's the one that speaks to me most. Also feel like it's appropriately bracketing their origins (austria & croatia, both once germanic, maybe used the elder alphabet? Not too sure about this...)

The bind runes consist of HM-KR, ET-KR and WT-WN.

Unsure about flipping kenaz, asymetry, bleeding into each other of Hagalaz and mannaz and the two wunjos, if it's ok to not have a center stave and using side arm for center of another rune, etc... the beginner traps basically.

Somebody experienced willing to have a look and tell me if I used that incorrectly? I heard that there's probably no "right way" for it, since we lack records... but those are my first bind runes and I'd like to eliminate every chance of carving them wrong like a complete idiot. Yes, yes, they are my personal runes and my personal preference... but I value historical accuracy. So if anyone finds flaws, please do tell!

Thanks in advance!

Hello folks! I’m hoping for some help on a wedding inscription. I was hoping someone could direct me to some good translators, or some records of historical stones with similar use that I can base my own on.

Many thanks!

My friends' neighbor's kids drew these outside their apartment and we have only been able to decipher gibberish. Curious if that's the case or it's a message for them (they left flowers the other day). Any help is appreciated!!

Hello Runehelp, recently my father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It’s very unlikely he will see another year. I was thinking about getting a memorial tattoo of our last name in Germanic Futhark runes. Our family came from Germany to the US a long time ago, but my family has been digging into their roots. Our surname is Bair, but it was probably a misspelling of the German word Bär, meaning Bear. However if anyone knows older Germanic words for Bear, I would like to include a version of our surname in my memorial piece.

I am looking for help transliterating names into Younger Futhark

Grier, rhymes with beer

Euan, like Ewan McGregor , you-in, or you-un(?)

I used rockstarpirate's transliteration guide. This is what I came up with. Also, hat tip Kristjan Andri Gunnarson who's runic keyboard I used. Thanks in advance

ᚴᚱᛁᚱ

ᛁᚢᛁᚾ, or ᛁᚢᛅᚾ depending on the second syllable. Obviously I'm not a linguist and I get wrapped around the axles on what the second syllable really should be.

I was walking by this house and saw these. they were at each corner (i could only see 3 corners from the street). this is the best i could do on my notepad without looking like some weirdo taking photos. looks liek a windmill.

What do these mean?

Hi everyone,

I’m French and I’m designing a tattoo in memory of my mother, who passed away.
The original French phrase is:
“Laissez entrer la musique, jouez.”
The intended meaning is roughly:
“Let the music in, play.”
I would like to have this translated into historically accurate Old Norse (Viking Age) and then written correctly in Younger Futhark runes.
Could someone knowledgeable in Old Norse please give me:
The most accurate and natural Old Norse translation.
A word-by-word explanation of the grammar and meaning.
The correct Younger Futhark runic transcription.
This is for a permanent tattoo, so I really want to avoid a modern Icelandic translation, a simple phonetic transcription, or an AI-generated translation that isn’t historically accurate.
I already have a tattoo design in mind, but the translation is more important than the design. I would really appreciate it if someone could verify it carefully.

Thank you!

My dad bought me this tune to wear around my neck he says it means life and death but when I look I up it says it is inguz but there is so many diffrent meanings I am unsure what does it mean!?

When using elder Futhark to write English phonetically rather than letter-by-letter, how do we deal with different pronunciations of the same vowel? Am I meant to differentiate between pronunciations or is it context based?

For example: how would the words "Father's cat Frank" be spelled? Would it be:
"ᚠᚨᚦᚱᛊ᛫ᚲᛖᚨᛏ᛫ᚠᚱᛖᛁᛜᚲ" ?
or more simply:
"ᚠᚨᚦᚱᛊ᛫ᚲᚨᛏ᛫ᚠᚱᚨᛜᚲ" ?

Any and all help is appreciated

I am looking to have my two kids names tattooed as runes on a sword, I know there is a website that can do this, but I read somewhere it’s more about how the name is said phonetically for the spelling so I was hoping someone here could help me. Their names are Erik and Thyra (tier-a). Many thanks

Hi guys. I am thinking of getting my parents name as a tattoo. But i am having hard time deciding which one should I go for “Elder Futhark” or “Younger Futhark” and can anyone help me in translation as well as i tried it on internet which make it even more confusing to me

The names are:

BIMLA

RAMKWAR

ᛏᚱᚢᚴᚴᚦ : ᚢᚴ : ᚼᛅᛁᚦᛦ : ᚢᚠᛁᚱ : ᛅᛚᛏ

TRYGGÐ · OK · HEIÐR · YFIR · ALLT

Loyalty and Honor above all

i need help from you smart people to figure out if this works and is correct?.. i get that the way the runes work is its mainly phonetic for the words corresponding in translation but im not the brightest bulb in the box and could really do with some help making sure i got this right before it goes on my skin

Started reading this book a while back, and am curious what the runes on the cover say, if anything. Also curious which rune system they use.

*SOLVED* it basically means "I tell a memory to Odin"

Hi! I’m planning a tattoo and I’d like to make sure the Old Norse is correct before having it permanently inked.

The intended meaning is: “What I want, I get.”

1. I currently have: Þat er ek vil, fæ ek.
Is this grammatically correct and idiomatic Old Norse for that meaning?

2. If not, how would you phrase it naturally in Old Norse?

3. Once the Old Norse wording is settled, how would you write it appropriately in Viking-Age Younger Futhark?

I’m looking for historical/linguistic accuracy rather than a letter-for-letter modern transliteration.

Thanks!

Hey yall!

What helped you the most when you started studying runes?

What helped you understand them better?

ᚺᛖᛚᛚᛟ, I'm new here, I recently learned Elder Futharc and wanted to ask what the "correct" or most correct way is to map the sounds to the Latin Alphabet. I have trouble with the letter X and how to map the English J, I'm also writing a fantasy book that uses Elder Futharc in it to write out the fictional language Glacarian, but the language has a lot of words in it that use the V rather than the W and I would like to learn the most correct way of fixing that problem.

Thanks a lot!

What does “Fórn” mean?

I wrote these lines very long time ago and I've forgotten what it says. Online translations did not help at all and only put out gibberish. I humbly request aid from the respected members of this sub. :)

I'm trying to learn Old Norse more, but I wanted to know if I could somehow change my pc (or Chrome)'s language to Old Norse for further learning when I'm not actively trying to learn words. Is this idea a thing? And if not, can someone make it (with or without my help)?

I made these …. Wonder if they are correct … my kids names …. Wanting to convert into a tattoo … cheers