BEFORE YOU START

**A QUICK NOTE** This converter won't do the work for you, neither will any runic keyboard, app or translator that you find online. The coding for such a tool is to complex to be 100% accurate. That being said, we've done our best to make this as easy to use as possible. scroll down and you'll find a range of tips that will help you create more accurate transliterations.

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SOME TIPS & RESOURCES TO HELP YOU ON YOUR RUNE WRITING JOURNEY:

  • THE RUNES ARE PHONETIC

    They represent sounds as opposed to letters. Sound out the word and then write those sounds as runes. Of course there are limitations as the runes weren't created for modern languages.

  • ᚬ - THE YOUNGER FUTHARK ÁSS RUNE

    A unique but confusing rune for Old Norse vowels that were spoken nasally. Accurate use of this rune requires a deep understanding of the Old Norse Language.

  • I PREFER TO USE ÚR ᚢ IN PLACE OF ÁSS ᚬ

    Most people use the Áss rune to write 'o,' though it was primarily used for nasal vowels. I've found Úr ᚢ to be a much more consistent rune to write O, Ó, Ö, Ø & Œ.

  • THE CORRECT LANGUAGE FOR EACH SET

    Elder Futhark → Proto-Germanic. Younger Futhark → Old Norse. Anglo Saxon Futhorc → Old English

  • NO NEED FOR DUPLICATES

    The runes were originally carved into stone. This was very time consuming, so to save time, duplicated were never really used outside of a few rare cases.

  • CONSISTENCY IS KEY

    Whether you do your translation phonetically or letter for letter, just be consistent with it. Stick to one set of runes too to avoid confusion

  • SPACING MATTERS

    If I were to write Skoll & Hati in Younger Futhark [Skǫll ok Hati]

    ᛋᚴᛅᛚ : ᛅᚢᚴ : ᚼᛅᛏᛁ

    is a lot more legible than ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛅᚢᚴᚼᛅᛏᛁ

  • DO YOUR RESEARCH

    No runic translator is 100% accurate, so you need to learn the ins and outs of rune-writing:

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