​Tattoo Check: Firstborn Daughter's Birth Date (31/07/2026) in Proto-Germanic (Elder Futhark)

Translation request

Hi everyone,

I’m planning a tattoo to commemorate the birth date of my firstborn daughter: July 31, 2026 (31.7.2026). I want to write it in Elder Futhark using reconstructed Proto-Germanic words for the numbers.

Since this is going to be permanent on my skin, I would really appreciate it if someone could double-check my language reconstruction and runic transliteration before I finalize the design with the artist.

Here is what I have so far:

  1. Day 31 (þrijiz tigiwiz einz)

ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛁᛉ : ᛏᛁᚷᛁᚹᛁᛉ : ᛖᛁᚾᛉ

  1. Month 7 (sebun)

ᛋᛖᛒᚢᚾ

  1. Year 2026 (twai þūsundijōz twaintigiwiz sehs)

ᛏᚹᚨᛁ : ᚦᚢᛋᚢᚾᛞᛁᛃᛟᛉ : ᛏᚹᚨᛁᚾᛏᛁᚷᛁᚹᛁᛉ : ᛋᛖᚻᛋ

My questions:

Are the Proto-Germanic reconstructions for the cardinal numbers grammatically accurate for this context?

Is the Elder Futhark transliteration correct, including the use of ᛞ (dagaz) in þūsundijōz and ᛉ (algiz) for terminal -z?

Are there any stylistic or historical nuances I should consider for a tattoo layout?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Matt

Posted Aug 13, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC

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