I am working on properly translating the Norse phrase "Be Better", taken from the God of War phrase "We Must Be Better". I am not educated in the language, and my Google research says it is "verða betri" in Elder Futhark.

Could someone more skilled and aware than I confirm this?

I want to write "Never yield, never surrender" or "never yield, no surrender" to young futhark and i have been having a bit of trouble. I would prefer to have this written in the official language instead of just writing english with runes, but I can't find any reference to these words in ancient texts.

I think this is a rune and I just need help translating it

I want to incorporarem runes in my next tattoo and wanted some advice on the subject.

I want to put stuff that would make sense in the original language (old norse) pr make sense at all (old norse or young futhark).

I am a fighter and would want something warrior-like, strong runes of protection or phrases that remind me to not fear, to face the obtacles without trembling, to have courage, etc.

What do you guys recommend on getting? Is there anyplace I can read and study more to learn if it makes sense?

I recently watched Vinland Saga and want to get a tattoo with some lines from the anime translated to younger futhark and I was wondering if anyone on here could help me translate it or provide me with resources to translate it.

Here are the two lines,

You don’t have enemies, no one does

How do you intend to live

Hey yall!

I want to do rune finger tattoos so i just wanted to check if my accuracy is correct in writing the runes

I am creating a weopon that I want to put runes on using the phrase "Come back when called." Idk if it's something done but it's seperated with dots and framed with the Raidho symbol for travel and cyclic return. Lmk what you would change or keep!

My tattoo artist came up with this tattoo for me, and we were going over the design. What do the bottom two runes in the border mean? Zoomed in photos included. I already know the other four, but he just told me the bottom two were unspecified occult runes. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

Got it in a bazaar, any help is appreciated!

Apologies for my poor handwriting, but what would you guys do with the formatting of my bindrune cipher to make it look more “esoteric” or “aesthetically pleasing”?

And for those of you that can decrypt it, hope you like my journal entry.

I wanted to incorporate a bit of Kentaro Miura inspired quotes into my tattoo sleeve made of fragments of Völuspá and Hávamál. Up to this point i relied on Jackson Crawfords translations and runic transliterations, so im a bit anxious about making an obvious mistake of literal translation or some kind of grammatical error.

My plan is to first do a ON translation, so to keep it style of the other text on my arm and then transliterate the translation into runes. I used an online english to ON translator, but still wanted to cross-check it with you guys, since im obviously sceptical.

Part 1:
"Don't you dare go Hollow" -> Þor eigi at verða holr ->ᚦᚢᚱ ᛅᛁᚴᛁ ᛅᛏ ᚢᛁᚱᚦᛅ ᚼᚢᛚᛦ

Part 2:
Struggle | Endure | Contend -> Knýja | þola | þreyta -> ᚴᚾᚢᛁᛅ | ᚦᚢᛚᛅ | ᚦᚱᛅᚢᛏᛅ

If you think any word could have more appropriate meaning, or if you think i made a runic typo (i tried to use dr. Crawfords reconstructed style, so it can be wonky) i would much appreciate a helping hand. Have a good one!

Hi, in my last post I got many answers on how to substitute different English letters that didn't exist in Elder Futhark with other runes. Now I can write Elder Futhark effortlessly. The problem is I can't read it effortlessly. By that I mean that it takes me a long time to read the texts because I still decode each rune individually. Does anybody know any tools or ways to train this?

Am wanting to learn more about runes, rune-based magic, and associations with seidr--does anyone have any good sources? Books preferred, even if few to no mentions of seidr.

[Unknown > English] Hand-painted runes on an envelope, about 10 years old. Letter-by-letter help please, I’ve waited so long.

Veiztu hvé ráða skal?”

Modern translations something like ”do you know how to read/understand (them, the runes)”.

I’m trying to write this in basic long-stem younger futhark without stung runes. What I have so far is ᚢᛅᛁᛋᛏᚢ ᛫ ᚼᚢᛁ ᛫ ᚱᛅᚦᛅ ᛫ ᛋ ᚴᛅᛚ. Granted it’s a bit anachronistic since havamal was written down quite late.

The purpose is to paint on a street library, all help appreciated.

I’m looking at getting a tattoo down my arm that spells out Manni + Regan
I’ve been told they won’t use double consonants
So would be spelt mani (ᛗ ᚨ ᚾ ᛁ )
Just struggling with the pronunciation of Regan when said out loud it sounds like Reegan - the an it sounds like man just without the m?
Not sure if any of this makes sense but if anyone could help would be amazing! Don’t slate me if the runes are wrong or don’t make sense
Thank you

A couple of months ago I stumbled over a modern runestone with some text about Ragnar

https://www.reddit.com/r/RuneHelp/comments/1svnjr4/modern_runic_inscription/

now I found a second one a few hundred meters away.

My best attempt at transcribing it is

ᚱᛆᚴᚿᛆᛦᛋᚴᛆᛁᚦᛋᚴᚱᛁᚠᛁᛘᛁᚴᛘᚽᚦᛆᚿᛘᚬᚴᛁᛦᛘᚽᚱᚴᛁᚿᛘᚤᚿᚦᛆᛘᛆᛁᚢᚬᚴᚠᛆᛁᚦᛦᛘᛆᛁ?ᚿ?ᛘᛁᛐᛆ

(? are either runes or just paint… I’m genuinely unsure)

At the very end there could be a couple of extra runes sharing a common ”stem” as a ”tail” of the ribbon. I didn’t even try to read that though.

It seems to start with

ᚱᛆᚴᚿᛆᛦ - Raginaʀ

but after that it quickly gets confusing. it might be something like ”i þ(essi) skrifti” and then ”mokiʀ merkin” could maybe be mǫgr merki(plural?), closer to the end ”faiþʀ” could maybe be a misspelled ”faþiʀ”?

it feels like it could make sense so if someone would give it a try i would be grateful :)

Hello everyone. I am turning to experts on the subject of runes for help in correctly transcribing a quote from the song "Hertan" by Wardruna—while preserving the sentence's meaning. The original text is: "Det som kostar, djupt – det lønar, djupt" ("That which costs you deeply, rewards you deeply"). From what I have gathered, part of the song is written in Nynorsk, while the title and choruses are in Proto-Germanic. This quote is intended to serve as a guiding motto and will be placed between two bindrunes (composed of Elder Futhark runes): one representing the cycle of action and the pursuit of a goal in both the physical and spiritual realms, and the other symbolizing "driving force." The entire design is intended as a leg tattoo. I attempted the transcription myself (keeping in mind the differences between the Younger and Elder Futhark) by following the same method used for a passage from the song "Skald" (from the album of the same name) when it was transcribed into Younger Futhark runes. That specific passage was translated by someone credited in the album artwork, implying the translation was approved by the band; thus, it stands as a correct translation from Old Norse into Younger Futhark. Can this same method be applied to transcribing "Det som..." into runes? Should I use the Younger Futhark or the Elder Futhark for this? I would greatly appreciate any help with this matter.

I hope I’ve described the topic reasonably well. I apologize for any errors, but I used Google Translate to help me.

After drawing the rune....how shall I make it work or what's the process it starts working

Hello everyone,

I’m looking to get a tattoo featuring Old Norse runes, and someone suggested this phrase:
ᛘᛁᚦ ᚼᚢᚴ

I’ve been told it translates roughly to “with courage” or “with heart and spirit.”

Before getting it permanently tattooed, I’d love to hear from anyone knowledgeable about Old Norse or runic writing.

Is this translation accurate? Is the wording grammatically correct, and are the runes historically appropriate?

I’d really appreciate any insight or corrections. Thanks in advance!

I was wondering where I could find an accurate runic alphabet?

My mother wants a tattoo of mine and my siblings' names in runes, and she asked me to design it cause she knows I'm into this stuff.

I've been using an inaccurate alphabet for my own personal use, but I don't want her to get something inaccurate.

I was hoping for some good websites or books I could look at? I'm have trouble finding my own resources.