Futhork (Medieval Runes)

Transform latin letters to Futhork runes & vice versa

Other runic alphabets:

• Younger Futhark
• Elder Futhark
• Futhorc (Anglo-Saxon runes)
• Staveless Futhark

Install

yarn add futhork

Usage

You can either transform runes to text, or text to runes.

Latin text to runes:

import { lettersToRunes } from 'futhork'

const result = lettersToRunes('lorem ipsum dolor sit amet')

console.log(result) // "ᛚᚮᚱᛁᛘ:ᛁᛕᛋᚢᛘ:ᚦᚮᛚᚮᚱ:ᛋᛁᛏ:ᛆᛘᛁᛏ

Runes to latin text:

import { runesToLetters } from 'futhork'

const result = runesToLetters('ᛚᚮᚱᛁᛘ:ᛁᛕᛋᚢᛘ:ᚦᚮᛚᚮᚱ:ᛋᛁᛏ:ᛆᛘᛁᛏ')

console.log(result) // lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

About Futhorc

The futhork, or the medieval runes, was a Scandinavian runic alphabet that evolved from the Younger Futhark at the end of the Viking Age. Used roughly from 12th to 17th centuries.