Riimut

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

Includes transformers for four main runic alphabets:

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

Install

go get -d github.com/stscoundrel/riimut-go

Usage

Text to runes:

package main

// Ships four runic dialects under riimut module.
import (
    "fmt"

    "github.com/stscoundrel/riimut-go/elderfuthark"
    "github.com/stscoundrel/riimut-go/futhorc"
    "github.com/stscoundrel/riimut-go/medievalfuthork"
    "github.com/stscoundrel/riimut-go/youngerfuthark"
)

func main() {
    // From Old Groms runestone.
    const content := "auk tani karþi kristna"
    youngerFuthark := youngerfuthark.LettersToRunes(content)
    fmt.Println(youngerFuthark) // ᛅᚢᚴ:ᛏᛅᚾᛁ:ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ:ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᛅ

    // From 4th century axe in Jutland
    const content := "wagagastiz alu wihgu sikijaz aiþalataz"
    elderFuthark := elderfuthark.LettersToRunes(content)
    fmt.Println(elderFuthark) // ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛋᛏᛁᛉ:ᚨᛚᚢ:ᚹᛁᚻᚷᚢ:ᛋᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ:ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ

    // From Lord's Prayer, in Old Norse.
    const content := "Faðer uor som ast i himlüm, halgað warðe þit nama"
    medievalFuthork := medievalfuthork.LettersToRunes(content)
    fmt.Println(medievalFuthork) // ᚠᛆᚦᚽᚱ:ᚢᚮᚱ:ᛋᚮᛘ:ᛆᛋᛏ:ᛁ:ᚼᛁᛘᛚᚢᛘ,:ᚼᛆᛚᚵᛆᚦ:ᚠᛆᚱᚦᚽ:ᚦᛁᛏ:ᚿᛆᛘᛆ

    // From 8th century Franks Casket, in late West Saxon.
    const content := "fisc.flodu.ahofonferg | enberig |"
    futhorc := futhorc.LettersToRunes(content)
    fmt.Println(futhorc) // ᚠᛁᛋᚳ.ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ.ᚪᚻᚩᚠᚩᚾᚠᛖᚱᚷ:|:ᛖᚾᛒᛖᚱᛁᚷ:|
}

Runes to text:

package main

// All four dialects contain RunesToLetters method.
import (
    "fmt",

    "github.com/stscoundrel/riimut-go/youngerfuthark"
)

func main() {
    const runicText := "ᛅᚢᚴ:ᛏᛅᚾᛁ:ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ:ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᛅ"
    latinText := youngerfuthark.RunesToLetters(runicText)

    fmt.Println(latinText) // "auk tani karþi kristna"
}

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

package main

import (
    "fmt",

    "github.com/stscoundrel/riimut-go/youngerfuthark"
)

const letters = "aábcdðeéfghiíjklmnoópqrstþuúvwxyýzåäæöøǫþ"

// Comes with named functions per style.
longBranch := youngerfuthark.LettersToLongBranchRunes(letters)
shortTwig := youngerfuthark.LettersToShortTwigRunes(letters)

fmt.Println(longBranch) // ᛅᛅᛒᛋᛏᚦᛁᛁᚠᚴᚼᛁᛁᛁᚴᛚᛘᚾᚢᚢᛒᚴᚱᛋᛏᚦᚢᚢᚢᚢᛋᚢᚢᛋᚢᛅᛅᚢᚢᚢᚦ
fmt.Println(shortTwig) // ᛆᛆᛒᛌᛐᚦᛁᛁᚠᚴᚽᛁᛁᛁᚴᛚᛘᚿᚢᚢᛒᚴᚱᛌᛐᚦᚢᚢᚢᚢᛌᚢᚢᛌᚢᛆᛆᚢᚢᚢᚦ

What's in the name?

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