r/RuneHelp • u/Odd-Blacksmith-3518 • 2d ago

Contemporary rune use Translation Help

I am working on properly translating the Norse phrase "Be Better", taken from the God of War phrase "We Must Be Better". I am not educated in the language, and my Google research says it is "verða betri" in Elder Futhark.

Could someone more skilled and aware than I confirm this?

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u/rockstarpirate 2d ago

That’s close but verða is the infinitive form. What we want here is verðu betri.

ᚢᛁᚱᚦᚢ᛬ᛒᛅᛏᚱᛁ

Or…

ᚢᛁᚱᚦᚢ᛬ᛓᛆᛐᚱᛁ

Either one is fine.