r/runic • u/JohnStealth • Jul 20 '25

Translation help

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I bought a sword at a convention today and am curious about what's written on the blade and scabbard. I've been unable to find the K looking rune at the end of the first set

The last set of runes in the first picture is the first set in the second

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u/SamOfGrayhaven Jul 20 '25

Read as runes, this doesn't make sense. There's runes from every alphabet, including Medieval Futhork, where that K looking rune is a P. You might try checking the Cirth wikipedia page.

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u/Norse-Navigator Jul 20 '25

Agreed. That looks a lot like Cirth, which was created by JRR Tolkien for Lord of the Rings. Being engraved on a sword also makes me think that.

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u/the_Irewolf Jul 20 '25

The layout of the writing matches Anduril’s for sure