Transform latin letters to Younger Futhark runes & vice versa
Other runic alphabets:
yarn add younger-futhark
You can either transform runes to text, or text to runes.
Latin text to runes:
import { lettersToRunes } from 'younger-futhark'
// Old Norse text from Old Groms runestone.
const result = lettersToRunes('auk tani karþi kristna')
console.log(result) // ᛅᚢᚴ ᛏᛅᚾᛁ ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᛅRunes to latin text:
import { runesToLetters } from 'younger-futhark'
const result = runesToLetters('ᚠᚢᚦᛅᚱᚴ')
console.log(result) // fuþarkStyle variants:
Younger Futhark contains two rune sets: long branch (danish) and short twig (Norwegian / Swedish)
import youngerFuthark from 'younger-futhark';
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)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.