164 PRINCE— THE FAEROE LANGUAGE. 



Text of Song (Phonetic). 



Bnihnsveins Vuisa.-^ 



Hoyr td Myodlkvuit svara mar bluit me yungga 



Hearken Snowwhite answer me blithely with the young folk 



E ruiya id lund at biya m,dr vuiv 

 I ride to the wood to beg me a wife 



Adl favurt lyovar miiin tungga 

 So fair rings my lay (tongue) 



Lystir me ui dans goa me yungga 



I long to go in the dance with the young folk 



Brnhnt dr muit silke hoar; myodlkvuit so dri e shoal 

 Brown is my silken hair. I myself am snow-white 



Adl favurt lyovar muin tungga 

 So fair rings my lay (tongue). 



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20 As sung by Miss Mikkelsen from Hj. Thuren's Folkesangen paa Fae- 

 roerne p. 85. 



