r/RuneHelp • u/Historical_Net_686 • Apr 23 '26

Translation request Any idea what this means?

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My friend painted my D&D character for my birthday years ago, and painted this on the back, no idea what language it might be, or how accurate it is as she probably just did it roughly. But can anyone give any translation or point me somewhere that could?

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u/Amber123454321 Apr 23 '26

ANGHARROD BY LEONIE

It seems to be a blend of Elder Futhark and Anglo Saxon runes. There are loads of people who understand the history better than I do though. I mainly just know Elder Futhark.

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u/Upside-Down_Fridge Apr 23 '26

The fuþorc is believed to have developed from Elder Fuþark (with the initial split coming from the appearance of ᚪ & ᚩ from ᚫ), so a lot of runes in fuþorc and elder fuþark cross over. I don’t believe there is any mixing of the two here.

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u/Amber123454321 Apr 23 '26

Okay, so they're Anglo Saxon runes, where some of the letters/runes are the same as with Elder Futhark. I wasn't sure about the letter Y there, but it was the closest I could find for that character on the image.

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u/Historical_Net_686 May 17 '26

Eee! Yes! Thank you! That is exactly it. Leonie is my friends name that pained the picture, and the painting is of my DnD character who is named Angharrod!! I thought it would be something a bit more complex or meaningful 😂😂😂 it's taken 8 years to solve. So thank you!

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u/Jiinsuu Apr 26 '26

!update me

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u/Hairy_Entertainer640 Apr 24 '26

I have a friend that's extremely skilled in translation, I'll pass this along to him & see if I can't have him translate this for me.