The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Script

Dragon Rune Translator

Write English in the dragon runes of Skyrim. Claw-carved Dovahzul-style glyphs, instant translation, and downloadable PNG inscriptions. Fus Ro Dah!

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About Dragon Runes

The dragons of Skyrim write the way they fight, in slashes. Each rune of the dragon alphabet is a cluster of claw marks, as if gouged into rock by three talons and a dewclaw. This is the script of Dovahzul, the language of the Thu’um, whose Words of Power shatter mountains: Fus… Ro… Dah!

Krunes transliterates English letter-by-letter into claw-carved runes in the dragon style. For the full constructed language, grammar, vocabulary and canon words, the fan-built Dovahzul dictionary is a wonderful rabbit hole; for turning your name into something a dovah would respect, you are in the right place.

  • The canon dragon alphabet has 34 runes, including combined letters like “aa” and “ei”.
  • Every word wall in Skyrim is written in these runes and grants a Word of Power.
  • “Dovahkiin” means Dragonborn: dovah (dragon) + kiin (born).
  • The runes were designed to look like marks a dragon’s three claws could actually carve.
Alphabet

The Dragon Runes Key, A to Z

Hover or tap any letter to study it. This chart is the full key used by the translator above.