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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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63 COMMENTS
Wyatt
Mar 17, 2026

love this website. A show I watch called black clover had these words. So now I know what they mean

ᚢᚬᛅᛏ
Mar 17, 2026

ᛁᚴ ᛅᚾ ᚦᛁᛏᛅ ᚢᛁᚠᛋᛁᛏᚱ, ᚦᛅᛏ ᛋᛁᚾᛏᛁ ᛘᚬᚾᚢᛘ ᛘᚬᛚ ᚢᚬᚱ, ᚦᛅᛏ ᚴᛁᚱᛁᚱ ᛋᚢᚬ ᛘᛅᚱᚴᛅ ᚢᚾᛏᚱᛚᛁᚴᛅ ᚼᛚᚢᛏᛁ, ᛁᚴ ᛅᚾ ᚦᚢᛁ ᛘᛁᚬᚴ

Emma
Mar 15, 2026

I love this website! It is extremely helpful for when I am writing stories and learning about this language! I really appreciate this website and what it does for so many other people. Thank you!

Harald Hardrada
Mar 09, 2026

Mjǫk mikill verkfæri! Æðiliga nákvæmr, trúaðu mér á því. Ek er á leið til at berjask við Engilsmenn á bænum Stamfordabrú, óskaðu mér heilla!

Zander
Mar 03, 2026

im using this as name tags for my party members in DND and they will love it!

Castiel
Feb 25, 2026

This is a great tool for writing and confusing people in dead langauges

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 😍 

Caide Neff
Aug 05, 2025

I have viking blood in me, some of my family members were vikings. I wanna learn more about Vikings, especially Runes….

Ret
Aug 05, 2025

This is so awesome! The only issue i have is Valhalla is translated as ‘Valhöll’ when I’ve seen mostly ‘Valhǫll’ Amazing translator, tho!

Duncan
Aug 03, 2025

Svalr!

Marie
Jul 29, 2025

I love this and am so happy I found it I look forward to learn more about the runes.

jin
Jul 25, 2025

finally, i can terrorize my friends in a cool way.
thank you

Julie/Anaconda
Jul 05, 2025

I learned a alphabet similar to Elder Futhark in this book called dragonology, and I’ve been trying to find the real-world version of it ever since. Three years, and finally I found this website. Thanks to whoever who made this!

Chase
Jun 19, 2025

Hey! This is amazing! Thanks for this, now I can do something useless but nevertheless fun! Maybe I might use this for a school project! ᚠᚨᚱ ᚢᛖᛚ!

Luna
Jun 08, 2025

Thank you for this! Can you give me any more information on verb conjugation? I’m messing around with the word “break,” and depending on the object, it can translate as either brjót, brjóta, or brjóttu

Kit
Jun 06, 2025

ᚦᚨᚲᚨ ᚦᛖᚱ ᚠᛁᚱᛁᚱ ᚨᛏ ᚷᛖᚠᚨ ᚦᛖᛊᚨ ᚺᛃᚨᛚᛈ

ᛖᛁᚱᛁᚲᚱ
May 28, 2025

ᚦᚢ ᛖᚱᛏ ᛊᛇᚲᛟᚾᚢᛜᚱ ᚾᛖᛏᛊ ᚠᛁᚱᛁᚱ ᚦᛖᛏᚨ, ᚦᛟᚲ ᛒᚱᛟᚦᛁᚱ

Eirikr
May 28, 2025

THANKS MAN! This is awesome. 

Tyra
May 26, 2025

Is there a Norse word for Bregg?

William
May 26, 2025

this is awesome. i have been a heathen for 27 years,and i love that you did this.

Jeramiah Pfaff
May 08, 2025

Am researching old Norse tattoo ideas, had a question? 
So the Nordic symbol for the berserker-there isn’t really a symbol for it it there? Read about it representing a demonic binding ruin? Idk almost was going to get them, but not if that’s the case lol 
Thank you, love the page!! 

ELIZABETH
May 04, 2025

gracias¡ hermosa pagina

Rune
Apr 10, 2025

Phenomenal website, plan on buying some of the clothing when I’m able. An Old Norse to English option would be great!

Ruzkl
Apr 01, 2025

Have some??? Found some family heirlooms old, how old not qualified 2 even guess some jewelry original with names in Rune , a old family sword gilded a bit and kinda engraved i Guess in Rune as well, really really odd rusted beyond repair. Bummer even I can tell it was once beautiful I bet so I’m a artist so I rubbed it for fine details then drew it like it was new. WoW I WISH SOMEONE WOULD HELP ME WITH THE TRANSLATION IF YOU GOT A SEC. PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE OUT THE TRANSLATION OR ORIGIN AT LEAST. THANK YOU.

Cas
Mar 28, 2025

This is absolutly great

Idunn Boldheart
Mar 27, 2025

I love it! keep it up!
just a couple things though, the dots are often in the wrong places, if they’re there at all. also, for Idunn, a norse goddess, there’s jotun, a giant! other than that, I love it! Im making a english and norse book, and its practicly my everything!

Caleb Browning
Mar 25, 2025

This website is great! I’m currently working on a high fantasy book and I am using Old Norse as the base for one of the languages. This website has been a huge help!

Paul
Mar 17, 2025

This is great!  I have a wooden staff I was meaning to carve Psalm 23 on (“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for you are with me.  Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
I just have one question.  How was punctuation handled?

Jay
Mar 17, 2025

Brilliant site, it would be brilliant if the site also spoke the translation too. I look forward to such a feature. Great work so far 😁

David Kent
Mar 02, 2025

I just want to thank you for creating this very interesting and unique translator. I can’t stop playing with it’s different forms and it’s very cool. I am still learning and digging. I am of Austrian decent, which some say originated from the Celts. Very interesting. I am a fan of the early Norse mythology, and this is a fun tool, and very nice website. Thanks again!

leniyah
Mar 02, 2025

Hi I love this website but can you something where you can translate HOENIR in to englis

Pete
Feb 21, 2025

This website is really great! I am a wood worker who often carves in the Old Norse style. I like to include titles, either in Icelandic or runes. Takk Fyrir!

Valhyr
Feb 13, 2025

Thanks for all the kind words so far and everyone using it! I’ve also fixed the “ý” as Firanto mentioned :)

Firanto
Feb 12, 2025

This is cool. Anyway, I’d like to give feedback. The word “illuminate” is translated to “lýsa”. But apparently, the futhark/rune doesn’t have the equivalent for the “ý”, which means, “lýsa” will be written as “ᛚýᛊᚨ” in older futhark (notice the “ý” in the second character).

Great things anyway. Thanks.

douglas
Feb 12, 2025

my attempt to translate. plz view. https://youtu.be/a02EOzzDZdM

Mike
Feb 12, 2025

Neato!! I had a lot of fun with this!

Paul
Feb 10, 2025

Brilliant. Will facilitate comparisons with Icelandic. Thank you!

Isabel
Feb 08, 2025

I can’t thank you enough for this webpage.

úlfr tamari
Feb 01, 2025

This is so cool!! I made many different words and sentences and compared them to dictionaries and it is the real deal! good job! will recommend this to everyone

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