Convert latin letters to runes

convert2runes.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

elder_rune_dict = {
    "a": "ᚨ",
    "b": "ᛒ",
    "c": "ᚲ",
    "d": "ᛞ",
    "e": "ᛖ",
    "f": "ᚠ",
    "g": "ᚷ",
    "h": "ᚺ",
    "i": "ᛁ",
    "j": "ᛃ",
    "k": "ᚲ",
    "l": "ᛚ",
    "m": "ᛗ",
    "n": "ᚾ",
    "o": "ᛟ",
    "p": "ᛈ",
    "r": "ᚱ",
    "s": "ᛊ",
    "t": "ᛏ",
    "u": "ᚢ",
    "w": "ᚹ",
    "z": "ᛉ",
    "æ": "ᛇ",
    " ": "᛬"
}

saxon_rune_dict = {
    "a": "ᚪ",
    "b": "ᛒ",
    "c": "ᚳ",
    "d": "ᛞ",
    "e": "ᛖ",
    "f": "ᚠ",
    "g": "ᚷ",
    "h": "ᚻ",
    "i": "ᛁ",
    "j": "ᛄ",
    "l": "ᛚ",
    "m": "ᛗ",
    "n": "ᚾ",
    "o": "ᚩ",
    "p": "ᛈ",
    "r": "ᚱ",
    "s": "ᛋ",
    "t": "ᛏ",
    "u": "ᚢ",
    "w": "ᚹ",
    "x": "ᛉ",
    "y": "ᚣ",
    "æ": "ᚫ",
    " ": " ",
    ".": "᛬"
}

young_rune_dict = {
    "a": "ᛅ",
    "b": "ᛒ",
    "e": "ᛁ",
    "f": "ᚠ",
    "h": "ᚼ",
    "i": "ᛁ",
    "k": "ᚴ",
    "l": "ᛚ",
    "m": "ᛘ",
    "n": "ᚾ",
    "r": "ᚱ",
    "s": "ᛋ",
    "t": "ᛏ",
    "u": "ᚢ",
    "æ": "ᚬ",
    " ": "᛬"
}

medieval_rune_dict = {
    "a": "ᛆ",
    "b": "ᛒ",
    "c": "ᛍ",
    "d": "ᛑ",
    "e": "ᛂ",
    "f": "ᚠ",
    "g": "ᚵ",
    "h": "ᚼ",
    "i": "ᛁ",
    "k": "ᚴ",
    "l": "ᛚ",
    "m": "ᛘ",
    "n": "ᚿ",
    "o": "ᚮ",
    "p": "ᛔ",
    "r": "ᚱ",
    "s": "ᛋ",
    "t": "ᛐ",
    "u": "ᚢ",
    "v": "ᚡ",
    "y": "ᛦ",
    "z": "ᛎ",
    "æ": "ᛅ",
    "ø": "ᚯ",
    " ": "᛬"
}

alphabets = {
    "elder": elder_rune_dict,
    "saxon": saxon_rune_dict,
    "young": young_rune_dict,
    "medieval": medieval_rune_dict
}

# When writing in runes letters do not occur twice, like mississippi would be spelled misisipi
def rune_trim(txt_not_runes):
    trimmed = ''.join([txt_not_runes[i] for i in range(len(txt_not_runes)-1) if txt_not_runes[i+1]!= txt_not_runes[i]]+[txt_not_runes[-1]])
    return trimmed

# Not every letter we use today was used 1500 years ago
def find_alphabet(txt_trimmed_runes):
    matches = []
    match_max = len(txt_trimmed_runes)
    elder_match = 0
    saxon_match = 0
    young_match = 0
    medieval_match = 0
    for char in txt_trimmed_runes:
        if char in elder_rune_dict.keys():
            elder_match = elder_match + 1
        if char in saxon_rune_dict.keys():
            saxon_match = saxon_match + 1
        if char in young_rune_dict.keys():
            young_match = young_match + 1
        if char in medieval_rune_dict.keys():
            medieval_match = medieval_match + 1

    if elder_match == match_max:
        matches.append("elder")
    if saxon_match == match_max:
        matches.append("saxon")
    if young_match == match_max:
        matches.append("young")
    if medieval_match == match_max:
        matches.append("medieval")
    return matches

# Replaces characters in string with runes and returns it
def translate2runes(txt_ready, alphabet):
    for char in txt_ready:
        if char in alphabet.keys():
            txt_ready = txt_ready.replace(char, alphabet[char])
    return txt_ready


ting = input("Hvad? ")

trimmed_ting = rune_trim(ting.lower())
matched_ting = find_alphabet(trimmed_ting)


with open("runes.txt", "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
    for alpha in matched_ting:
        file.write(alpha + "\n" + translate2runes(trimmed_ting, alphabets[alpha]) + "\n")