Hi Alexandra,

I don't know if this exact phrase is recorded anywhere in Old Norse,
but I did find a few examples on Google of a Modern Icelandic version:
"að byrja á endanum". As far as I know, this would work in Old Norse
too (all the words are recorded with these meanings in Old Norse, and
the grammar would work the same here), except that the first word
would be "at" in normalised Old Norse spelling.

AT:BYRJA:A:ENDANUM
"to begin at the end" / "beginning at the end"

There are a lot of different runic alphabets and futhorks to choose
from at this site [ http://www.arild-hauge.com/ ]. For example, here
is a page with a table comparing typical Icelandic runes with their
Norwegian equivalents, along with some sample inscriptions [
http://www.arild-hauge.com/islandruner.htm ]. Long vowels weren't
marked in any special way. Words could be divided with a single dot
or double dots (like a colon) or three dots arranged vertically. Some
inscriptions have no divisions at all between the words and just use a
single rune where two of the same kind come together (even across a
word-boundary), e.g. ATBYRJAENDANUM (with "A" instead of "AA").

Hope that helps,
Llama Nom


--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Alexandra K."
<midnight_illusionz@...> wrote:

>
> Hi, I wanted to get a tattoo with the inscription 'beginning in the
> end' in Old Norse, but in runic format. Would anyone be able to help
> me? I have been doing a great deal of research these past few days,
> and the information I do find is scarce, as well as indirect. ANY
> help would be highly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Alexandra
>