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https://github.com/stscoundrel/riimut

Transform latin letters to runes & vice versa. TypeScript version
https://github.com/stscoundrel/riimut

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Transform latin letters to runes & vice versa. TypeScript version

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# Riimut



Transform latin letters to runes & vice versa. TypeScript version.



Includes transformers for main runic alphabets:



- Elder Futhark

- Younger Futhark

- Staveless Futhark

- Medieval Futhork

- Futhorc (Anglo-Frisian runes)



### Install



`npm install riimut`



##### Usage



The package exports all dialect variants as their own thing.



```javascript

import { youngerFuthark, elderFuthark, medievalFuthork, stavelessFuthark, futhorc } from 'riimut'

```



You can either transform runes to text, or text to runes. All modules contain their own `lettersToRunes` and `runesToLetters` methods.



###### Younger Futhark



```javascript

import { youngerFuthark } from 'riimut'



// Old Norse text from Old Groms runestone.

const result = youngerFuthark.lettersToRunes('auk tani karþi kristna')



console.log(result) // ᛅᚢᚴ ᛏᛅᚾᛁ ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᛅ

```



```javascript

import { youngerFuthark } from 'riimut'



const result = youngerFuthark.runesToLetters('ᚠᚢᚦᛅᚱᚴ')



console.log(result) // fuþark

```



Style variants:



Younger Futhark contains two rune sets: long branch (danish) and short twig (Norwegian / Swedish)



```javascript

import { youngerFuthark } from from 'riimut'



const letters = "aábcdðeéfghiíjklmnoópqrstþuúvwxyýzåäæöøǫþ";



// Comes with named functions per style.

const longBranch = youngerFuthark.lettersToLongBranchRunes(letters);

const shortTwig = youngerFuthark.lettersToShortTwigRunes(letters);



console.log(longBranch); // ᛅᛅᛒᛋᛏᚦᛁᛁᚠᚴᚼᛁᛁᛁᚴᛚᛘᚾᚢᚢᛒᚴᚱᛋᛏᚦᚢᚢᚢᚢᛋᚢᚢᛋᚢᛅᛅᚢᚢᚢᚦ

console.log(shortTwig);  // ᛆᛆᛒᛌᛐᚦᛁᛁᚠᚴᚽᛁᛁᛁᚴᛚᛘᚿᚢᚢᛒᚴᚱᛌᛐᚦᚢᚢᚢᚢᛌᚢᚢᛌᚢᛆᛆᚢᚢᚢᚦ



// Default function can also be called with variant enum to define the runeset.

const longBranchResult = youngerFuthark.lettersToRunes(letters, youngerFuthark.Variant.longBranch)

const shortTwigResult = youngerFuthark.lettersToRunes(letters, youngerFuthark.Variant.shortTwig)

```



###### Elder Futhark



Latin text to runes:



```javascript

import { elderFuthark } from 'riimut'



// Proto-norse text from 4th century axe in Jutland

const result = elderFuthark.lettersToRunes('wagagastiz alu wihgu sikijaz aiþalataz')



console.log(result) // ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛋᛏᛁᛉ:ᚨᛚᚢ:ᚹᛁᚻᚷᚢ:ᛋᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ:ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ

```



Runes to latin text:



```javascript

import { elderFuthark } from 'riimut'



const result = elderFuthark.runesToLetters('ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ')



console.log(result) // fuþark

```



###### Staveless Futhark



Latin text to runes:



```typescript

import { stavelessFuthark } from 'riimut'



// From Hög runestone 12.

const result = stavelessFuthark.lettersToRunes('lit rita stin þina')



console.log(result) // ⸌ᛁ⸍:⡄ᛁ⸍⸝:╵⸍ᛁ⸜:וᛁ⸜⸝

```



Runes to latin text:



```typescript

import { stavelessFuthark } from 'riimut'



const result = stavelessFuthark.runesToLetters('⸌ᛁ⸍:⡄ᛁ⸍⸝:╵⸍ᛁ⸜:וᛁ⸜⸝')



console.log(result) // lit Rita stin þina

```



###### Medieval Futhork



Latin text to runes:



```javascript

import { medievalFuthork } from 'riimut'



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



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

```



Runes to latin text:



```javascript

import { medievalFuthork } from 'riimut'



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



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

```



###### Futhorc (Anglo-Frisian runes)



Latin text to runes:



```javascript

import { futhorc } from 'riimut'



// From 8th century Franks Casket, in late West Saxon.

const result = futhorc.lettersToRunes('fisc.flodu.ahofonferg | enberig |')



console.log(result) // ᚠᛁᛋᚳ.ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ.ᚪᚻᚩᚠᚩᚾᚠᛖᚱᚷ:|:ᛖᚾᛒᛖᚱᛁᚷ:|

```



Runes to latin text:



```javascript

import { futhorc } from 'riimut'



const result = futhorc.runesToLetters('ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ')



console.log(result) // fuþorc

```



### About runes



The Elder Futhark, also known as the Older Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Period. It was used to write Proto-Norse language, predecessor of Old Norse.



The Younger Futhark, also called Scandinavian runes, is a runic alphabet and a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, with only 16 characters. It was in use from about the 9th century onwards.



Staveless Futkar runes were simplification of Younger Futhark, a runic alphabet of the viking age. In order to create the staveless runes, vertical marks (or staves) were dropped from individual runes.



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.



The Futhorc, also known as Anglo-Saxon runes, are runes used by the early Anglo-Saxons as an alphabet in their writing system. Based on Elder Futhark, they were in use from 5th through 11th centuries.