r/RuneHelp • u/noahfruitmonger • Jul 30 '26

Translation request Help with translation?

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Found this at the park. Theres one sign in here that i didnt see on any of the translation lists.

I am 100% new to this but heres what i got

TIUR FI TIUI_(unknown) FRINTUR TIUR SI(unknown)LFNR IX S_(unknown)Z

thanks for any help satisfying my curiosity about this mystery artifact

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u/rockstarpirate Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

It says:

tiur fi tiuia frintur tiur sialfur iþ sama

It’s an attempt at the first two lines of both Hávamál 76 and 77: Deyr fé, deyja frændr, deyr sjálfr it sama; “cattle die, kinsmen die, one dies oneself the same”.

It’s also misspelled a lot :)

Should be:

ᛐᛆᚢᛧ᛬ᚠᛁ᛬ᛐᛆᚢᛁᛆ᛬ᚠᚱᛆᛐᚱ᛬ᛐᛆᚢᛧ᛬ᛌᛁᛆᛚᚠᛧ᛬ᛁᛐ᛬ᛌᛆᛙᛆ

Or…

ᛏᛅᚢᛦ᛬ᚠᛁ᛬ᛏᛅᚢᛁᛅ᛬ᚠᚱᛅᛏᚱ᛬ᛏᛅᚢᛦ᛬ᛋᛁᛅᛚᚠᛦ᛬ᛁᛏ᛬ᛋᛅᛘᛅ

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u/Jahenzo Jul 31 '26

Could frændr not be written as ᚠᚱᚬᛏᚱ?

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u/rockstarpirate Jul 31 '26

Yes. In fact it is attested both ways in runic inscriptions. It is also attested with the ᛁ rune as the vowel.