1.0.10 • Published 1 year ago
elder-futhark v1.0.10
Elder Futhark
Transform latin letters to Elder Futhark runes & vice versa
Other runic alphabets:
Install
yarn add elder-futhark
Usage
You can either transform runes to text, or text to runes.
Latin text to runes:
import { lettersToRunes } from 'elder-futhark'
// Proto-norse text from 4th century axe in Jutland
const result = lettersToRunes('wagagastiz alu wihgu sikijaz aiþalataz')
console.log(result) // ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛋᛏᛁᛉ:ᚨᛚᚢ:ᚹᛁᚻᚷᚢ:ᛋᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ:ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉRunes to latin text:
import { runesToLetters } from 'elder-futhark'
const result = runesToLetters('ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ')
console.log(result) // fuþarkAbout Elder Futhark
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.
In Scandinavia it later evolved to simplified Younger Futhark.