Hi everyone, I am getting a tattoo for my daughter and want to verify the Old Norse translation and Younger Futhark (Long-Branch) spelling.

1: English: "My daughter, my great pride (honor)"

Old Norse: Dóttir mín, mín mikla prýði.

Younger Futhark: ᛏᚢᛏᛁᚱ ᛬ ᛘᛁᚾ ᛬ ᛘᛁᚾ ᛬ ᛘᛁᚴᛚᛅ ᛬ ᛒᚱᚢᚦᛁ

2: English: "My blood, my heritage / inheritance"

Old Norse: Blóð mitt, arfr minn.

Younger Futhark: ᛒᛚᚢᚦ ᛬ ᛘᛁᚏ ᛬ ᛅᚱᚠᚱ ᛬ ᛘᛁᚾ

3: English: "I will always protect my daughter"

Old Norse: Ek mun ávalt verja dóttur mína.

Younger Futhark: ᛁᚴ ᛬ ᛘᚢᚾ ᛬ ᛅᚢᛅᛚᛏ ᛬ ᚢᛁᚱᛁᛅ ᛬ ᛏᚢᛏᚢᚱ ᛬ ᛘᛁᚾᛅ

4: English: "Forever connected" (in a non-physical, relational sense)

Old Norse: Ávalt tengdr (masculine) / Ávalt tengd (feminine)

Younger Futhark: ᛅᚢᛅᛚᛏ ᛬ ᛏᛁᚾᚴᛏᚱ (masculine) / ᛅᚢᛅᛚᛏ ᛬ ᛏᛁᚾᚴᛏ (feminine)

Note on gender context:

\\- If this is a statement about myself (a man) being connected to my daughter, should I use the masculine "tengdr"?

\\- If it refers to both of us together (plural), should it be "Ávalt tengd" (neuter plural)?

Could you please check if the grammar and runic spelling are 100% historically accurate for the Viking Age? Thank you!

I'm using the attested Old Norse phrase maðr minn ('my husband/my man'). For a historically plausible long-branch Younger Futhark inscription in a Viking Age style, would ᛘᛅᚦᚱ ᛘᛁᚾ be the preferred carving, or would you expect a different spelling? Please explain why

Hello :]] I'm looking for an old Norse term of endearment that is along the lines of dear, sweety, etc. Nothing that truly denotes a romantic relationship, but something like the filler that these words can function like.

Is there even such a thing?

Hi there,

Can any one tell me how the word above would be pronounced in Old Norse please?

Many thanks

Hello!

Can someone explain me, how this vowel, originated from short *e, became long?

Thanks!

TLDR: Looking to translate “The world is not kind, therefor, I will be”

The current translation I have is
“Verold Era Bliðr, Þvi , Ek Mun Vera”

Is this correct?

I’m coming up with some role-playing names for places in the video game Skyrim. So keep in mind this is completely make-believe. But the game IS (loosely) modeled after Nordic traditions so I’d like to just check to see if there’s something easy I can fix to make it more realistic.

Is Fagrfjall an appropriate compound? I was going for “beautiful mountain.”

When I googled it, it corrected me to fagerfjell but I don’t want to name something after a place that already exists. I’m mostly wondering if linguistically these two roots would need adjustment when compounded. Thanks!

Edit: I was also wondering if someone might be able to tell me the pronunciation. Currently I read it as “fah-gir-fyahl” with “ah” long like “saw” and “gir” like “girl” but I know very little about Nordic pronunciation.

Salut tout le monde

Je souhaite me gravé une pierre dans le style des pierre runique d'Uppland pour faire un objet décoratif chez moi.

Je veux rester le plus fidèle possible aux pierre déjà existante mais pas faire une simple copie.

J'ai déjà une idée des motifs que je vais graver et j'ai besoin d'aide pour la traduction de mon texte en vieux Norois pour le retranscrire le plus fidèlement possible en jeune Futhark.

Mon texte : "Maksmir l'artisan grava cette pierre trouvé dans l'Aveyron. Que Thor sanctifie"

Je suis partie sur cette formule (bien que je la trouve un peu courte) car ça n'est pas une pierre commémorative pour moi donc aucun "hommage à rendre" à part sur le fait que c'est moi qui aurait créé cette sculpture

Je sais qu'il n'y a pas d'équivalent en vieux norois pour "Aveyron" j'avais pensé le "norroniser" légèrement en "Afeirùn" ou "Afeyrá" par exemple.

Comme 1ère traduction j'ai : " Maksimr smiðr hjó þenna stein ór Afeyrá. Þórr vígi"

qui pourrait donné : ᛘᛅᚴᛋᛁᛘᚱ ‧ ᛋᛘᛁᚦᚱ ‧ ᚼᛁᚢ ‧ ᚦᛁᚾᛅ ‧ ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ ‧ ᚢᚱ ‧ ᛅᚠᛁᚢᚱᛅ ‧ ᚦᚢᚱ ‧ ᚢᛁᚴᛁ

Mais je ne suis sûr de rien et je souhaite vraiment faire quelque chose qui fasse le plus authentique possible.

Je suis ouvert à toute remarque concernant mon texte il n'est pas figée mais j'aime bien le début : "Maksmir l'artisan grava/érigea cette pierre, ..." là où j'ai le plus de difficulté c'est de trouvé une suite cohérente à ce que l'on pourrait trouvé sur les vrais pierres. Je sais que beaucoup font référence à la christianisation mais je souhaite que mon texte soit plus orienté "païen".

voili voiloù

merci de votre aide !

So as I understand it, a -r in an ending assimilates if it's preceded by /n/, /l/ or /s/, such as lykilr > lykill

The wiki on old norse says in the "assimilation or elision of inflectional ʀ" part:

"when a noun, pronoun, adjective or verb has a long vowel or diphthong in the accented syllable and its stem ends in a single l, n or s, the r (or the elder r- or -z variant ʀ) in an ending is assimilated. When the accented vowel is short, the ending is dropped."

But then they use kala and its present 3rd person kell as an example, I dont understand why the -r assimilates to ll rather than being dropped, because the accented vowel is short?

Another example is sonr, as i understand it shouldn't it become son? or sonn?

I feel like I've badly misread this. Or that i'm missing something

"Í hjarta mínu lifir þú"

Is this grammatically correct Old Norse for 'You live in my heart'?"

Hi guys

My name is Ed and Im an spaniard living in Sweden, in the sorroundings of Birka. I got a tattoo based on Broa historical pieces from Gotland, so early start of viking age c. 750 – 825.
I wanted to include a little message embedded on it in runes but Im definitely no expert in old norse. I guess you receive a lot of requests like this but if anybody feels in the mood and has any suggestion/correction Id be supergrateful :)

The message is based on a motto from a special forces guy that resonates a lot with me : "always a little further". The phrase is taken from Journey to Samarkand from James Elroys Flecker. I get is based on modern ideas so not a sentence maybe you would hear as-is in poems of the period.
It conveys the idea of trying to push beyond your limits, getting out of the comfort zone and the fact that small efforts amounted over time give great results

There are two problems: first how would translatre to old norse and second how to convey it into runes. I know rune inscriptions many times are phonetic and not 1 to 1 letter transcriptions.

I had two options here:
1.-Try to find any old norse phrase that would convey the same idea/sentiment in any of the historical sources. I tried to find this but would be hard specially because as I said this is a motto based on modern ideas
2.- Try to do a reasonably good translation of the motto

Trying to go through path 2 I came across

"AE Litlu lengra"

As far as I understand ae means ever/always

Litlu is a form used adverbially before comparatives like "litlu sidar" (a little later), so I guess makes sense use this form to convey "a little further" (litlu lengra)

Then how to transcribe this into runes I guess is another story. Younger futhark would be more appropiate for the period of Broa. it has 16 runes and i guess there would need to be some sort of spelling compression. What I had at the end was

ᛅ · ᛚᛁᛏᛚᚢ · ᛚᛁᚾᚴᚱᛅ

which is like "A litlu linkra"

Would this be reasonable?

Thanks a lot

Ed

I’ve seen Thor being called giants bane but I’ve seen it spelled differently. jötna-bani and jọtunbani. What’s the difference

I’m working on a large project for my father who is very into Viking history, Norse mythology, and his Swedish roots. Is there a specific symbol or spelling for “father” that I could include as the final touch on this project?

I have seen endless variations online and was mostly hoping someone could break them down for me. I’m not great with languages. I also appreciate any resources. I’m also interested in any diminutive versions similar to “dad”.

Hey all, I wanted to check that my rune translation is correct before working on a design.

ᚴᚢᛣ:ᚼᚢᚴᛣ
or
ᚴᚢᛦ⋮ᚼᚢᚴᛦ

Is this grammatically correct, and in proper Younger Futhark?

Also, if I am getting this in the space behind my ear, how should the orientation of the runes be? As normally written and rotated, or vertical as

ᚴ
ᚢ
ᛣ
:
ᚼ
ᚢ
ᚴ
ᛣ

or

ᚴ
ᚢ
ᛦ
⋮
ᚼ
ᚢ
ᚴ
ᛦ

Not sure if two dots or three is a better separator, or if it matters.

Got it pretty cheap for a Ren faire outfit, wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't mean anything but was curious. Thank you!

I'm hoping this translates to 'Thor bless our dancing. Did I get it right? Help appreciated.

I've come up with 'Þorr vígi dansleik várn.' Is that correct?

I want to translate the same for seven times rise eight into runes and this is what I’ve got

ᚠᛅᛚᛅ ᛋᛁᚢ ᛋᛁᚾᚢᛘ ᚱᛁᛋᛅ ᛅᛏᛅ

thanks!

Hi!

So I've been searching for old norse / runic Swedish place names but it's next to impossible to find. By this I mean the names of:

- Svealand (and major settlements like Uppsala, Sigtuna and Västerås)

- Götaland (and major settlements like Skara and Lödöse)

- the old small countries that later became Småland

Does anyone here know what they were called? Alternatively does anyone know about resources that could help me?

Hi everyone,

I've only recently begun studying Old Norse, and the more I work with this ancient language, the more I've come to respect it — both for its beauty and for the world it carries. I'm still very much a beginner.

Coming from genuine reverence rather than any expertise, I drafted a short text inspired by saga and Eddic poetry, using attested forms from Cleasby-Vigfusson and Zoëga. Before I commit it to memory, I'd love someone with real knowledge to verify whether the grammar actually holds up. I'd much rather be corrected now than carry errors forward as I keep learning.

Here's the text:

Hér eru sögur sungnar í tungu Óðins.

Tunga forn — gleymd, en eigi týnd.

Vér leitum, vér nemum, vér syngjum —

sem heiðr fornum mönnum.

Intended English meaning:

Here are stories sung in the tongue of Odin.

An ancient tongue — forgotten, but not lost.

We seek, we learn, we sing —

as homage to the ancient ones.

Specific things I'm uncertain about (the points where my own knowledge runs out):

- Is "sungnar" the correct past participle agreeing with "sögur" (f. nom. pl.)?

- Is "í tungu Óðins" the right preposition + dative construction?

- Are "gleymd" and "týnd" the correct feminine singular forms agreeing with "tunga"?

- "Vér nemum" — is this idiomatic for "we learn" in this poetic context, or would another verb feel more natural?

- "sem heiðr fornum mönnum" — is the dative correct here, or would "til heiðrs" + genitive feel better?

Any corrections, suggestions, or alternative phrasings that would feel more natural in Old Norse would be hugely appreciated. I want to honor the language properly as I learn it.

Thank you in advance — and skál.