The Big Book of Runes and Rune Magic: How to Interpret Runes, Rune Lore, and the Art of Runecasting - Edred Thorsson 2018

Pronunciation of Old Norse
Appendix

The phonetic values provided below are those of reconstructed Old Norse (as it would have been spoken in the Viking Age).

The consonants b, d, f, l, m, t, and v are just as in modern English.

a	as in “artistic”
á	as in “father”
e	as in “men”
é	as in ay in “bay”
i	as in “it”
í	as ee in “feet”
o	as in “omit”
ó	as in “ore”
ö	as in “not”
ø	pronounced same as ö'
u	as in “put”
ú	as in “rule”
æ	as ai in “hair”
œ	as u in “slur”
y	as u in German Hütte (i with rounded lips)
ý	as u in German Tür (ee with rounded lips)
au	as ou in “house”
ei	as ay in “May,” or as i in “mine”
ey	pronounced same as ei
g	always hard as in “go”
ng	as in “long”
h	same as English, except before consonants, then as wh in “where”
j	always as y in “year”
p	as in English, except before t, then this pt cluster is pronounced ft
r	trilled r
s	always voiceless as in “sing”
th	voiceless th as in “thin”
dh	voiced th as in “the”
rl	pronounced dl
rn	pronounced dn
nn	pronounced dn after long vowels and diphthongs