Riimut

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

Includes transformers for main runic alphabets and common variants:

• Elder Futhark
• Younger Futhark
• Medieval Futhork
• Futhorc (Anglo-Frisian runes)
• Staveless Futhark

Install

pip install riimut

Usage

Riimut ships four runic dialect modules. Each contains methods for transforming text to runes, or runes to text.

Text to runes:

from riimut import younger_futhark, elder_futhark, medieval_futhork, futhorc, staveless_futhark

# From Old Groms runestone.
content1 = "auk tani karþi kristna"
result1 = younger_futhark.letters_to_runes(content1)
print(result1)# ᛅᚢᚴ:ᛏᛅᚾᛁ:ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ:ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᛅ

# From 4th century axe in Jutland
content2 = "wagagastiz alu wihgu sikijaz aiþalataz"
result2 = elder_futhark.letters_to_runes(content2)
print(result2) # ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛋᛏᛁᛉ:ᚨᛚᚢ:ᚹᛁᚻᚷᚢ:ᛋᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ:ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ

# From Lord's Prayer, in Old Norse.
content3 = "Faðer uor som ast i himlüm, halgað warðe þit nama"
result3 = medieval_futhork.letters_to_runes(content3)
print(result3) # ᚠᛆᚦᚽᚱ:ᚢᚮᚱ:ᛋᚮᛘ:ᛆᛋᛏ:ᛁ:ᚼᛁᛘᛚᚢᛘ,:ᚼᛆᛚᚵᛆᚦ:ᚠᛆᚱᚦᚽ:ᚦᛁᛏ:ᚿᛆᛘᛆ

# From 8th century Franks Casket, in late West Saxon.
content4 = "fisc.flodu.ahofonferg | enberig |"
result4 = futhorc.letters_to_runes(content4)
print(result4) # ᚠᛁᛋᚳ.ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ.ᚪᚻᚩᚠᚩᚾᚠᛖᚱᚷ:|:ᛖᚾᛒᛖᚱᛁᚷ:|

# From Old Norse text in Hög runestone.
content5 = "kuþniutr þru sun lit rita stin þina ak bru kirþi aftiʀ bruþr sina asbiurn ak at kuþlaf"
result5 = staveless_futhark.letters_to_runes(content)
print(result5) # ᛍ╮ו⸜ᛁ╮⸍◟:ו◟╮:╵╮⸜:⸌ᛁ⸍:◟ᛁ⸍⸝:╵⸍ᛁ⸜:וᛁ⸜⸝:⸝ᛍ:ˏ◟╮:ᛍᛁ◟וᛁ:⸝ᛙ⸍ᛁʀ:ˏ◟╮ו◟:╵ᛁ⸜⸝:⸝╵ˏᛁ╮◟⸜:⸝ᛍ:⸝⸍:ᛍ╮ו⸌⸝ᛙ

Runes to text:

# All four dialects contain runes_to_letters function.
from riimut import younger_futhark

runic = "ᛅᚢᚴ:ᛏᛅᚾᛁ:ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ:ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᛅ"
latin = younger_futhark.runes_to_letters(runic)

print(latin) # "auk tani karþi kristna"

Younger Futhark comes with long branch (Danish) and short twig (Norwegian & Swedish) variants.

from riimut import younger_futhark

letters = "aábcdðeéfghiíjklmnoópqrstþuúvwxyýzåäæöøǫþ"

# Comes with named functions per style.
long_branch = younger_futhark.letters_to_long_branch_runes(letters)
short_twig = younger_futhark.letters_to_short_twig_runes(letters)

print(long_branch) # ᛅᛅᛒᛋᛏᚦᛁᛁᚠᚴᚼᛁᛁᛁᚴᛚᛘᚾᚢᚢᛒᚴᚱᛋᛏᚦᚢᚢᚢᚢᛋᚢᚢᛋᚢᛅᛅᚢᚢᚢᚦ
print(short_twig)  # ᛆᛆᛒᛌᛐᚦᛁᛁᚠᚴᚽᛁᛁᛁᚴᛚᛘᚿᚢᚢᛒᚴᚱᛌᛐᚦᚢᚢᚢᚢᛌᚢᚢᛌᚢᛆᛆᚢᚢᚢᚦ

# Default function can also be called with variant enum to define the runeset.
long_branch_result = younger_futhark.letters_to_runes(letters, younger_futhark.Variant.LONG_BRANCH)
short_twig_result = younger_futhark.letters_to_runes(letters, younger_futhark.Variant.SHORT_TWIG)

What's in the name?

"Riimut" is the Finnish word for "runes".