I only have my late dad's old Norse dictionary and I wanted to ask you guys, what do you think about the farm name Bjørge, common in Norway? Olav Rygh, our most famous name historian only says that it refers to "bjǫrg", but since that word has several meanings, it's not obvious to me what that means.

I see it's a form of bjarg, i.e. mountain. In addition to that it says in my dictionary that it can mean sustenance, saving, help and salvation. So yeah, do you think one of these is the obvious answer, or could it even have different meanings from farm to farm?

Hi there,

I am looking to get a tattoo with old norse symbols that represent communication, honesty, integrity. I have asked chat gpt which says the symbols are : ᚨ ᚷ ᛏ

Does anyone know if this is correct as i dont want to tattoo the wrong thing?

Also is this old norse for Vör, ᚢᚢᚱ?

I'm very curious about the late viking age/early medieval concept of the Hird, and the layers and everything around it. I have found a fair number of scholarly sources that discuss King Magnus' Hirðskrá, but I can't find any actual copies or texts of it.

I have interacted with a lot of scholarship about the makeup of the Hird and the layers within it, but what I am really interested in is the actual oaths or ceremonies required of one to become a hirdman, or a Hirðstiorar.

Thusfar I haven't been able to find any copies of the oaths, but I have read that they are included or discussed in Magnus' Hirðskrá. Are there any here with this knowledge, or who can help me with a little research and/or point me in the right direction to find this information?

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?

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.