Hi all! I'm charged with coming up with a t-shirt design for a student group and I've decided that some runic text will spice it up. Here's what I've got:
I am called the Serpent of Books, who guards the hoard of words. Beware you who seek my knowledge.
Bókarormrinn heiti ek, sem geymir orðshoddina. Var þér sem sœkið eptir fróðleiki míns.
ᛒᚬᚴᛅᚱᚬᚱᛘᚱᛁᚾᚾ : ᚼᛁᛁᛏᛁ : ᛁᚴ : ᛋᛁᛘ : ᚴᛁᚢᛘᛁᛦ : ᚬᚱᚦᛋᚼᚬᛏᛏᛁᚾᛅ : ᚢᛅᚱ :ᚦᛁᚱ : ᛋᛁᛘ : ᛋᚢᚴᛁᚦ : ᛁᛒᛏᛦ : ᚠᚱᚬᚦᛚᛁᛁᚴᛁ : ᛘᛁᚾᛋ
And a separate inscription, a play on the standard runestone formula:
Lars had this t-shirt made in memory of Queen Merrill and her comitatus, the cleverest of women. Erin carved.
Larsr létu gørða t-kyrtil at Marli dróttningu ok dróttni henni, slœgjasta kvenna. Erinr risti.
ᛚᛅᚱᛋᛦ : ᛚᛁᛏᚢ : ᚴᚢᚱᚦᛅ : ᛏᚴᚢᚱᛏᛁᛚ : ᛅᛏ : ᛘᛅᚱᛚᛁ : ᛏᚱᚬᛏᛏᚾᛁᚾᚴᚢ : ᚬᚴ : ᛏᚱᚬᛏᛏᚾᛁ : ᚼᛁᚾᚾᛁ : ᛋᛚᚢᚴᛁᛅᛋᛏᛅ : ᚴᚢᛁᚾᚾᛅ : ᚬᚱᛁᚾᛦ : ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛁ
A few notes: Merrill is declined on the same pattern as Egill (Agli) as a joke. I'm not sure if I'm better off tacking on a nominative case terminal -r on the names Lars and Erin or just leaving them be - is there a standard practice for dealing with foreign names in modern Icelandic?
I'll be asking my professor to look over it tomorrow but I don't want to have made any stupid mistakes as regards case, noun class, runic transcription or similar. Thanks all!