Here's Python 3: from unicodedata import name as ᚾᚮᛗᚨ ᛊᛈᛚᛁᛏ = str.split def ᚢᚾᛒᛂᚺᚱᛂᚮᛊᚨᚾ(ᚥᚮᚱᛑ): ᚮᚢᛏ = [] for ᛍ in ᚥᚮᚱᛑ:

Here's Python 3: from unicodedata import name as ᚾᚮᛗᚨ ᛊᛈᛚᛁᛏ = str.split def ᚢᚾᛒᛂᚺᚱᛂᚮᛊᚨᚾ(ᚥᚮᚱᛑ): ᚮᚢᛏ = [] for ᛍ in ᚥᚮᚱᛑ: if 'ᚠ' <= ᛍ <= 'ᛪ': ᚾ = ᛊᛈᛚᛁᛏ(ᚾᚮᛗᚨ(ᛍ))[-1] ᚮᚢᛏ += [ᚾ] else: ᚮᚢᛏ += [ᛍ] return ᚮᚢᛏ Apologies if my Old English is crappy, I used Wiktionary.