i dont have the fonts but,
“sem gerði oðin, fórnað fyrir merkingu, visdomr ok kraftr”
i think… my 2 pence

Magnus, we have no evidence that Vikings ever used ægishjálmur as a symbol, it first emerged in early modern Icelandic galdrabækur.

Consider the helm of awe or ægishjamr. It was used by vikings before battle as a protective symbol, it struck fear into the enemies and thereby protected the wielder of the helm of awe (sometimes translatd to helm of terror).

This is for a nidstang tattoo.

I understand how serious this is and would add an incantation to protect my son’s if that is any indication of the seriousness of it.

I want to get the following in an Elder Furthark rune script but I want to get the Old Norse translation right to make sure it’s grammatically accurate.

“As did Odin, Sacrifice for Meaning, Wisdom and Power”

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Hello Jess. To write it in runes, use our guide on How to write in Old Norse with runes.

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Your translation was close- It translated to “Death is dead, Life is not.”
The actual translation would be “dauðinn er víst, lífið er ekki”, you were pretty close though (Happens when one uses Google Translate :þ).
hamingjusamur þýða!
-Randið (Rahn-difth)

You can go to the Runes translator on this website- https://www.vikingrune.com/rune-converter/
There you can translate your phrase into a couple different forms of Runes. I suggust, for a more classic look, trying the Anglo-Saxon, Elder Futhark or Long Branch Runes (there’s more than one font choice).
If you would like to go one step further, you can translate your phrase into Icelandic, Norwegian, Sweedish, or Danish (I suggest Icelandic for it’s the most similar to Norse) for a more viking-ish look.
Hamingjusamur þýða!
-Randið (Rahn-difth)

The “Old Norse” that is used in this translator is similar to Icelandic (that’s the language I used to make my motto), so “Embrace Love, Scatter Kindness” would be “Faðma ást, Dreifa góðvild” which is pronounced “Fah-fth-mah owst, Dreefuh gofth-vild” in Icelandic.
-Randið (Rahn-difth)