Old Norse translator

Hoenir

An English to Old Norse translator

Enter an English word or sentence, if you want to translate your name into runes use the text to runes translator instead

If more than one translation is possible it will be listed under the main one

You can also find the runic versions below in several futharks

Feel free to copy the text for your social medias or for tattoo and art inspiration etc

Skrif eitthvað

skrifa nǫkkut

Elder Futhark

ᛊᚲᚱᛁᚠ ᛖᛁᛏᚦᚢᚨᚦ

ᛊᚲᚱᛁᚠᚨ ᚾᛟᚲᚢᛏ

Younger Futhark

ᛋᚴᚱᛁᚠ ᛁᛏᚦᚢᛅᚦ

ᛋᚴᚱᛁᚠᛅ ᚾᚬᚴᚢᛏ

Short-Twig Futhark

ᛌᚴᚱᛁᚠ ᛁᛐᚦᚢᛆᚦ

ᛌᚴᚱᛁᚠᛆ ᚿᚭᚴᚢᛐ

Staveless Hälsinge Futhark

╵ᛍ◟ᛁᛙ⸝ ᛁ⸍ו╮⸝

╵ᛍ◟ᛁᛙ⸝ ⸜ˎᛍ╮⸍

Medieval Runerow

ᛍᚴᚱᛁᚠ ᛂᛁᛐᚦᚡᛆᚦ

ᛍᚴᚱᛁᚠᛆ ᚿᚮᚴᚢᛐ

Anglo-Saxon Futhark

ᛋᚳᚱᛁᚠ ᛖᛁᛏᚦᚠᚪᚦ

ᛋᚳᚱᛁᚠᚪ ᚾᚩᚳᚢᛏ

More about project Hoenir

Hoenir is an English to Old Norse translator that I've developed during 2024 and until now. These things are known as 'language-models' and it uses machine learning to be able to take into account nuances found in Old Norse. The current version is trained on 128 000+ sentence pairs that I've gotten from runestones, sagas, carvings etc - basically anything I could find in Old Norse language :D

I will continue adding translations and monitoring which translations you fellas are more interested in, so over time it will get more and more specific. I also plan to add a Old Norse to English translator along the way as well as other languages and for an ability to generate kennings as well. Kennings are basically 'riddle-like nicknames' and were very prevelant in Old Norse poetry known as Eddic and Skaldic poetry. A kenning is basically calling Odin a "raven-god" and so on.

The name Hoenir comes from a Norse god, one of three gods said to have created humans. Hoenir was the one that gave humans reason.

Custom Stave

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Custom Bindrune

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Text to Runes

Convert letters into runes. You have several futharks you can choose from and you can copy the runes to use in chats, bios, your artwork, tattoos etc

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