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Hoenir
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.
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25 COMMENTS
Dean Fifield
Feb 14, 2026

on my seventh novel – this one set in the Viking days with Norse Mythology and found this very helpful in some of the dialog – heiðr fyrir lífi

Jack
Feb 04, 2026

Amazing

James
Feb 04, 2026

This is a really neat way to explore Old Norse without it feeling overwhelming, especially with the examples and rune context alongside the translations. Tools like this make it much easier to experiment with names and meanings when you’re writing or world-building. I’ve found something similar helpful when playing around with name ideas inspired by different languages and styles. Nicely put together overall.

Ashley
Feb 03, 2026

Fantastic stuff, but now I want to hear it.

Marcelo
Jan 24, 2026

Glad to find you, I am curious, I like to learn.

erick
Jan 08, 2026

ek elska þik

Stéfano
Jan 03, 2026

Buen traductor, pero tiene algunos errores

Jay
Dec 29, 2025

I have a book in old Norse and would like it to be translated into English . I wonder if you anyone can provide some lead. It looks like an autobiography.

Ardo
Dec 26, 2025

þökk fyrir at gera þenna mikla gagnstað

David
Dec 15, 2025

ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ

Ivan
Dec 07, 2025

Hi. Amazing resource thankyou! Would it be possible to get the font you use for the Elder Futhark translator? I cannot find any fonts online that have a complete alphabet. They all seem to be missing various letters/runes and so making correct inscriptions is becoming frustrating. I am a college student trying to make an inscription for a project. So ideally I would like a font I can use in Adobe software. Would that be possible?

Nathan
Dec 04, 2025

Man, just want to say fine job in the site, easy to use and understand, and as someone who is “ODINIST, ASATRU” or however people want to put it now lol I
Appreciate the realness of it all. And the eng to Norse is absolutely amazing, been looking
For something like it for a while now. Good job.

El
Dec 03, 2025

ᚷᛟ ᚱᚨᛁᛒᚺ ᛗᛁᛚᛖ ᛗᚨᛁᚦ ᚨᚷᚨᛏ ᚨ ᚲᚺᚨᚱᚨ ᚨᛊ ᚨᚾ ᛊᚢᛟᛗᚺ ᚷᚱᛖᛊᚨᛁᚾ ᛟᚾᛏᚨᚲᚺ

Barbara Drew
Nov 03, 2025

Well in Norway several years ago I was given a poem written by a deceased poet in Old Norse about one of my relatives. Does this program translate Old Norse into english?

Yorick Axbury
Oct 24, 2025

Honestly, this is a great translation method, like this I can write runes on my robes! Amazing work.

Frederik
Oct 14, 2025

Is there are way to translate runes to English or any language cause i have found some rune stones and u wanna know what it is 

Thomas
Oct 14, 2025

I was cruising around for names for my WoW characters. I am completely and amazed at your work. Very impressed keep up the awsome job. And thank you for a kick a— website.

Felix
Oct 05, 2025

I am part whelsh and Norwegian. The rest is flandrue santeee and sisseton wahpeton. Probably even a Lil bit of ojibwe. This came in time for tattoos. I did a bind rune and I used my Indian name. Very much satisfied. Thank u for creating this.

Ol
Sep 15, 2025

Thanks 👍

Holden
Sep 05, 2025

I’m actually a Viking, and this helped me connect with my brothers and sisters!

Sam
Sep 04, 2025

My family is descendant of the scottish Gunn Clan and this is pretty cool to use

Storm
Sep 03, 2025

This is a really nice tool for typing in Old Norse.
Hello from Denmark!

Len
Sep 01, 2025

Ths is excellent. Just what I have been looking for. Helps in researching my norse ancestors. þakka þér kærlega fyrir

Nic
Aug 23, 2025

As an Àsatrúar this is just incredible. Thank you so much for doing this. This makes it so much easier to write traditional Blötar. Especially with Freyr Faxi just a few days away.
Thank you.

David
Aug 15, 2025

My sister (in my opinion is the reincarnation of a Viking warrior and I’m sending her a birthday message in old Norse. She’s going to love it 😍 

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