Cirth, the Dwarf Runes
Translate English into Cirth, the angular dwarf-runes of Moria and Erebor from The Lord of the Rings. Full runic chart and instant conversion.
About Cirth
The Cirth are the runes of Middle-earth, angular strokes made to be cut into stone and metal. Invented by the elf Daeron but adopted and beloved by the Dwarves, Cirth marks the West-gate of Moria, Balin’s tomb, and the map that led Bilbo to Erebor.
Where Tengwar flows like ink, Cirth bites like a chisel. Krunes maps each English letter to a rune in the angular style of Daeron’s alphabet, perfect for forging inscriptions worthy of Khazad-dûm.
- “Cirth” means “runes” in Sindarin and is pronounced “kirth”.
- Balin’s tomb inscription in Moria, “Balin son of Fundin, Lord of Moria”, is written in Cirth.
- Tolkien based Cirth on real-world runic alphabets like the Elder Futhark.
- The runes on Thrór’s map in The Hobbit are Anglo-Saxon runes, Cirth’s real ancestor.
The Cirth Key, A to Z
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