Well, I’m currently up to some weird thing like trying to decipher Old Norse text in the Runes Book in Disney’s Frozen film. I have fairly good progress so far though got stuck on some words. Check it out below, any help/correction is appreciated.



Book Cover



It looks like they are long-branch Younger Futhark runes. Written “ᚱᚢᚾᚬᛦ ᚠᛁᚢᛚᚴᚢᚾᛁᚴᛦᛅ” or “runąR fiulkunikRa” which should represent “Rúnar Fjǫlkunnigra” in Old Norse, translatable as “Runes of Knowledgeable(in magic)”.

(Chrome browser may not render runic font properly. If you don’t see runic characters in the line above, try other browser)

Book Inside

Apparently the lengthy runes in the page above and other pages are just repeated text of

1: ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ ᚠᚢᛏᚢ ᚢᛅᛚᛏᛅᛦ ᛏᚢᚴᛚᛅᚼᛁᛘᛁᚾᛋᛁᛋ ᚦᛅᚢ

2: ᛏᚱᚢᛚᛁᚾ ᛅᚠ ᛋᚢᛅᚱᛏᛅᚠᛁᛅᛚᛅᚱᛁᚴᛁ ᛅᛁᚴᚢ

3: ᛚᛅᚴᚾᛁᛋᚼᚬᛏᛦ ᛋᚢ ᚬᛏ ᛁᛋ ᛅᚠ ᚴᛅᛚᛏᚱᛁ ᛋᛅᚱ

4: ᛘᚾ ᚴᚱᚢᚦᛅ ᛁᚠ ᚠᚢᚱᚦ ᛅᛚᛒᚱᛅᚦᛚᛁᚴᛅ ᛏᛁᛚ

5: ᚢᛅᛚᛅᛦᛁᛋ ᚦᛅᛁᛦᛅ ᛏᚱᚢᛚ ᛅᛁᚴᚢ ᚦᛅ ᚾᚬᛏᚢᚱᚢ

6: ᛅᛏ ᚦᛅᚢ ᚠᛅ ᛅᛚᚬᚾ ᚴᛅᛚᛏᚱ ᛅᚠᚦᛁᚱᚦᚬᚾ[ᛚ]

7: ᚢᛦ ᚴᚢᚴᚢᛚᛁᚴᛁ ᚾᛁᛘᚬ ᛅᛁᚾ ᚦᚢᛁ ᛏᛅᚦ ᚴᛅᚱ

8: ᛁ ᚢᛚᚢᚴᛁᚾᛁ ᛅᛋᛏ ᛁᛋ ᛋᚢ ᛅᛁᚾᚬ ᛁᛋ ᚠᛅᛦ

9: ᛅᚠᚦᛁᚱᚦᚬᚾ[ᛚ] ᚼᛁᛅᚱᛏᛅ ᚴᚱᚢᛏ ᛅᛚᛒᚱᛅᚦᛚᛁᚴᛅ

And here is my attemp to translate.

Rune Transliterate Old Norse English Part of Speech Line 1 ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ stain stein (to) stone noun. m. sg. acc. ᚠᚢᛏᚢ futu fœðu brought forth (by) verb. 3rd. pl. past. ᚢᛅᛚᛏᛅᛦ ualtaR valdar powers ? noun. n. pl. nom. ᛏᚢᚴᛚᛅᚼᛁᛘᛁᚾᛋᛁᛋ tuklahiminsis tungla himinsins of moon sky noun. m. sg. gen. ᚦᛅᚢ þau þau they pron. 3rd. pl. nom.? Line 2 ᛏᚱᚢᛚᛁᚾ trulin trollinn The trolls noun. m. pl. nom. ᛅᚠ af af from prep. ᛋᚢᛅᚱᛏᛅ suarta svarta dark ᚠᛁᛅᛚᛅ fiala fjalla mountain ᚱᛁᚴᛁ riki ríki realm noun. m. sg. nom.? ᛅᛁᚴᚢ aiku eigu have verb. 3rd. pl. pres. Line 3 ᛚᛅᚴᚾᛁᛋᚼᚬᛏᛦ laknishątR læknis hendr healing hands noun. pl. ᛋᚢ su sú A det. f. sg. nom. ᚬᛏ ąt ǫnd ? soul noun. f. sg. nom. ᛁᛋ is es (er) which ᛅᚠ af af from prep. ᚴᛅᛚᛏᚱᛁ kaltri kaldri cold adj. f. sg. dat. ᛋᛅᚱ sar sárr wounded Line 4 ᛘᚾ mn mun will verb. 3rd. sg. pres. ᚴᚱᚢᚦᛅ kruþa grœða heal verb. inf. ᛁᚠ if ef if conj. ᚠᚢᚱᚦ furþ fœrð brought verb. 3rd. sg. past. ᛅᛚᛒᚱᛅᚦᛚᛁᚴᛅ albraþlika allbraðliga very quickly adv. ᛏᛁᛚ til til to prep. Line 5 ᚢᛅᛚᛅᛦᛁᛋ ualaRis vallarins the field noun. m. sg. gen. ᚦᛅᛁᛦᛅ þaiRa þeira of them pron. n. pl. gen. ᛏᚱᚢᛚ trul troll Trolls noun. pl. nom. ᛅᛁᚴᚢ aiku eigu have verb. 3rd. pl. pres. ᚦᛅ þa þá those det. m. pl. acc. ᚾᚬᛏᚢᚱᚢ nąturu náttúru nature adj. f. sg?. dat. Line 6 ᛅᛏ at at that ᚦᛅᚢ þau þau they pron. 3rd. pl. nom. ᚠᛅ fa fá get verb. 3rd. pl. pres. ᛅᛚᚬᚾ aląn allan all ᚴᛅᛚᛏᚱ kaltR galdr sorcery noun. m. pl. ᛅᚠᚦᛁᚱᚦᚬᚾ[ᛚ] afþirþąn af þíðnar ?? un? thaw? Line 7 ᚢᛦ uR úr out of prep. ᚴᚢᚴᚢᛚᛁᚴᛁ kukuliki gǫngu líki ? approached body ᚾᛁᛘᚬ nimą nema to save verb. inf. ᛅᛁᚾ ain einn one pron. sg. acc. ᚦᚢᛁ þui því Such ᛏᛅᚦ taþ dáð action noun. f. sg. ᚴᛅᚱ kar gerr ? done Line 8 ᛁ i í in prep. ᚢᛚᚢᚴᛁᚾᛁ ulukini óloginni ? true ? ᛅᛋᛏ ast ást love noun. f. sg. ᛁᛋ is es (er) is verb. sg. pres. ᛋᚢ su sú an det. f. sg. nom. ᛅᛁᚾᚬ ainą eina only ᛁᛋ is es (er) which ᚠᛅᛦ faR fær can Line 9 ᛅᚠᚦᛁᚱᚦᚬᚾ[ᛚ] afþirþąn af þíðnar ?? un? thaw? ᚼᛁᛅᚱᛏᛅ hiarta hjarta heart noun. n. sg. ᚴᚱᚢᛏ krut grýtt ? stoned adj. sg. pp. ᛅᛚᛒᚱᛅᚦᛚᛁᚴᛅ albraþlika allbraðliga very quickly adv.



I think Line 1 is telling that someone (the guy with Arendelle heraldry in the picture) was accidently caught stone or frozen by nature force (powers of the moon sky).

He probably was a royal ancestor of Arendelle. His head was hit by an ice magic dropped from the moon (Imagine a sunny magic dropped from the sky in Tangled).

Then Line 2, next paragraph, continues on how icy wound get healed by the troll and they might have told about stoned heart could only be thawed by an act of true love.

After troll had removed that icy magic, there’s still some magic flow in his blood (like Rapunzel still has ‘healing magic’ in her). And one day, someone in his lineage (it’s Elsa) just born with ice powers. Voila! That’s my totally guess!

The Map



Clearly the runic script found in here is “ᛏᚱᚢᛚ” or “trul” which is simply for “Troll”. Also notice the map compass rose somewhat resembles the Ægishjálmr, a Viking’s protection symbol.



Ægishjálmr

Map compass rose

With the Elhaz runes (ᛘ) replaced by (clockwise from the north) ᚴ, ᛁ?, ᛋ?, ᛒ, ᛚ?, ?, ᚼ?, ᚬ?. It is unknown runic order to me. The closest meaning I can find is from Nigel Jackson’s Rune Chart which shows the relation between each futhark and direction though I can’t find it from other resources. Anyway, this seems not the case.



Rune chart by Nigel Jackson



BTW. Might be some errors. I’m no expert. Just researched them from the internet.

27 Mar 2014 Update: Got to know Ægishjálmr and Nigel Jackson’s Rune Chart, so I update the Map section.

7 Apr 2014 Update: After watching Frozen for uhh… 32nd time, maybe. I found more rune on the Troll’s code. Nothing so special except it is a left-to-right rune on the right-to-left paged book (if that is the front cover).



10 Apr 2014 Update: Correct the “Book Inside” section according to most suggestions from Brian M. Scott. It is now 80% readable.

19 Apr 2014 Update: Rewrite the conclusion of the “Book Inside” section.

But people; Please beware of what runes are actually read and what is my just-for-fun theory.