rune-transliterator

English/Latin text → Elder Futhark, Younger Futhark and Anglo-Saxon Futhorc runes, and back. Real Unicode output, full rune charts, zero dependencies, ESM + CommonJS + TypeScript.

Try it live first: fontvibe.ai/tools/rune-generator · Younger Futhark · Anglo-Saxon runes. This package is the same engine and tables, verified against golden output recorded from the site.

npm i rune-transliterator

import { toRunes, fromRunes, alphabet } from 'rune-transliterator';

toRunes('Thor');               // 'ᚦᛟᚱ'      th → one rune
toRunes('Viking');             // 'ᚹᛁᚲᛁᛜ'    ng → one rune
toRunes('Viking', 'younger');  // 'ᚢᛁᚴᛁᚾᚴ'
toRunes('earth', 'anglo');     // 'ᛠᚱᚦ'
fromRunes('ᚦᛟᚱ');              // 'thor'
alphabet('elder');             // [{ rune: 'ᚠ', name: 'Fehu', latin: 'f', meaning: 'wealth, cattle' }, …]

In the browser, straight from a CDN:

<script type="module">
  import { toRunes } from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/rune-transliterator@1/index.mjs';
</script>

CLI:

npx rune-transliterator -s younger "Ragnar Lothbrok"
npx rune-transliterator --decode ᚦᛟᚱ
npx rune-transliterator --chart -s anglo

The raw tables are exported too: require('rune-transliterator/runes.json').

Phonetic approximation, not a translation. It spells modern text in runes letter by letter; it does not produce Old Norse or Old English. Check results against the charts before engraving or tattooing anything.

Full rune charts with code points, the exact rules, and how to verify everything: github.com/Funovate-Technology/fontvibe-runes

Attribution

Code: MIT. Rune tables: CC BY 4.0. If you use the tables, please credit — and link the site, not just the package:

Rune tables from <a href="https://fontvibe.ai/tools/rune-generator">FontVibe's rune translator</a> ·
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a>

rel="nofollow" is fine. Plain text is fine where a link isn't practical: Rune tables from FontVibe — https://fontvibe.ai/tools/rune-generator — CC BY 4.0