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)
Usage
Text to runes:
package main
// Ships four runic dialects under riimut module.
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/stscoundrel/riimut/elderfuthark"
"github.com/stscoundrel/riimut/futhorc"
"github.com/stscoundrel/riimut/medievalfuthork"
"github.com/stscoundrel/riimut/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/youngerfuthark"
)
func main() {
const runicText = "ᛅᚢᚴ:ᛏᛅᚾᛁ:ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ:ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᛅ"
latinText = youngerfuthark.RunesToLetters(runicText)
fmt.Println(latinText) // "auk tani karþi kristna"
}
What's in the name?
"Riimut" is the Finnish word for "runes".
