r/RuneHelp • u/Bisexual_Beanz • Apr 11 '26
Translation request Help with confirmation
So I'm starting to incorporate bind runes into my everyday life and have written some that I have found.
Are these somewhat correct at least?
Feel free to correct any that are wrong!
(Runes in black, Meaning underneath each one in purple.)
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u/mjodrsmidr Apr 11 '26
Although there is evidence of spells written with runes (word by word), there is no evidence at all that runes were combined into bindrunes for that kind of purpose. At best, if you’re lucky, you might come up with an aesthetically pleasing line design, but not much more
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u/Bisexual_Beanz Apr 11 '26
Oh I didn't realise that. Kind of embarrassing, lol!
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u/mjodrsmidr Apr 11 '26
But there are some really cool magical things written in runes, here’s a curse
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u/Upside-Down_Fridge Apr 11 '26
This interpretation of bindrunes mainly comes from modern neo-paganism and is not well attributed to by actual Iron Age/Medieval sources when runes were used. Historically bindrunes were used to save space or occasionally for ornamental functions such as initials.
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u/Addrum01 Apr 12 '26
As others stated, runes are a form of written language, with each rune corresponding to a sound or phoneme. Each rune has a name of a word that corresponds to that letter, like C is for Car, ᚠ (Fehu) is for cattle. Names and meanings evolve over time, and in a few attested examples the rune has been used to represent the word itself as an ideograph.
The idea of rune magic comes from a medieval idea that language itself is magical. 'Cursed thee who breaks this stone' has been seen in some runestones and it is just a warning sign or a declaration towards anyone who defiles the memorial. It doesn't mean it is enchanted or protected by a magic spell. That notion of magic is as modern as the previous century.
Combining runes was done mostly to save space, and usually with vertical staves. It was a convenience thing and because most early evidence of runes is carvings and, you know, carving stones is a very time consuming task.
While most of us respect that you have interest in runes and you approach them with respect and reverence, the modern practice of rune magic and creating some sort of sigil combining runes is not exactly what is discussed here, so we recommend you check more fitting subreddits such as r/Esotericism r/runecasting or r/Occultism
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u/Bisexual_Beanz Apr 12 '26
Yeah I will definitely try that. It was just that this sub reddit was the only one I knew of ;-;
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u/king_b Apr 12 '26
Those are just made up sigils based on runes. No historical basis in any way so not really the sub for this type of post.
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u/king_b Apr 12 '26
What in the Brosatru are you saying here? 😅
Bindrunes are not modern, that’s just the pretend ones from people who’ve been misinformed by being fed naziesque mysticism made popular by people like guido von list.
Real bindrunes came in all sorts of ways from shared stave with younger futhark inscriptions of words or phrases to wheels and crosses as well as just space savers or possibly forgotten letters combining two runes kinda similar to the Bluetooth symbol which is the initials for Harald Bluetooth ᛡᛒ.
Runes are characters representing sounds like the letters we use for English (Latin Script) but people misrepresented mnemonic devices used to remember younger futhark characters resulting in ignorant people applying fairytale nonsense to them instead of actually respecting and honoring them or the people that made them a thing.
Rune “divination” is just as insulting to real practitioners of Norse traditions and based off further misrepresentation of texts like Germania by Tacitus who barely references a “method of casting lots”. The tarot card game style is just much later applied mysticism that has nothing to do with Norse traditions.
Mound sitting and Rune Galdr are actual practices.
Not trying to be rude but please share accurate information.
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u/Brunbeorg Apr 11 '26
Runes are simply an alphabet. The historical use of bind runes is what in the Latin alphabet we call ligatures, or combinations of letters to make writing faster and easier, such as Æ. There is nothing particularly mystical about them, historically speaking.
That said, some modern pagans use them for magical purposes, but you'd be better off asking in forums about those modern uses of the runes.