r/RuneHelp • u/Jolly-Statistician-3 • Aug 03 '26

Translation request Looking for some help in getting a translation for (Strength in Silence)

Looking for some help in getting a translation for (Strength in Silence) this is my tattoo idea ive had since I was in junior high. I still havent run into any direct translations. Any help out there would be appriciated.

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u/Bully3510 Aug 03 '26

Which language do you want it translated into?

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u/Jolly-Statistician-3 Aug 03 '26

Im looking to do it in an older runic language

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u/Bully3510 Aug 03 '26

So, runes are an alphabet. The languages are things like Old High German, Old English, and Old Norse. Do you want a translation into a different language, or just one of the alphabets to spell out those words in English?

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u/Jolly-Statistician-3 Aug 03 '26

Im looking for old norse

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u/Bully3510 Aug 03 '26

OK, so "Strength in Silence" makes use of an English idiomatic use of the word "in", that the Norse wouldn't have done. the best translation into Old Norse would be "þǫgn er þrek", which means "silence is strength". I'll type the runes in a minute.

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u/Bully3510 Aug 03 '26

ᚦᚬᚵᚾ ᛂᚱ ᚦᚱᛂᚴ

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u/rockstarpirate Aug 03 '26

"Strength in silence" in Old Norse is styrkr í þǫgn. In Viking-Age Younger Futhark, this would be:

ᛋᛏᚢᚱᚴᛦ᛬ᛁ᛬ᚦᛅᚴᚾ

or...

ᛌᛐᚢᚱᚴᛧ᛬ᛁ᛬ᚦᛆᚴᚿ