PRINCE— THE FAEROE LANGUAGE. 155 



Um vetrartidh in winter time. 



Uui vetrartiii. 



Og air renna vakrar har And streams flow beauteous 



O oayir raenna vaeakrar liaear 



Og fossa nogv. And water-falls enough. 



fohssa nacgv (or nogv). 



Taer vilja allar skunda saer These wish all to hasten into the 



Taear vilya adlar skunda saear 



1 blaan sjogv. blue sea. 

 Ui bloan shacgv (or shogv). 



Gud signi mitt fodhiland Foroyar God bless my fatherland the Fae- 

 Giid signch niiiit foeyeland For- 

 yar roes. 



//. Folktale in Suderoy Dialect}'^ 



Eina fcrdh for Pdlin undir Hamri i Sunnho til Vikar at taka sjey 

 Aina fer folir Polin ondir Hamri ui Sumbo til Vuikar at taka she 

 One time went Paul from under H. in Sumbo to Vikar to get for 

 himself 



gimhralomh, sum hann dtti har. Hann hevdhi fingidh scks, sum hann 



setti 

 dshimbralomb, sum, han otte haear. Hann hcyi finggi seks, sum hann 



sette 

 a ewelamb, which he owned there. He had got six, which he put 



i stodhukronna, og seint var a degi td idh hann for ettir ti sjeynda. 

 ui stoukrohna, o saint vacar oa deyi toa ui hann fohr ettir ti sheynda. 

 in the fold, and it was late in the day before he went back after the 

 seventh. 



Ikki fckk hann tadh firr enn stjodna var uppkomin. Til alia vanlukku 

 Itshi fckk hann tad firr enn shodna vaear upkomin. Til adla vanlo'ku 

 He did not get this one before the stars were up. Most unhappily 



gdadJii hann ikki um,^^ firr enn hann var kominn vael d veg at tadh var 

 goayi han itsJii um firr enn hann vaear komin vel oa ve at tad vaear 

 he did not discover before he had come well on his way that that 

 one was 



gimburlamb hann var faridh vidh. Tey gomlu hovdu ta pdtrugv at 

 var tadh 



^^ Faerdske Folkesagn, pp. 49-50 (see Bibliography). The phonetics are 

 as given by Miss Mikkelsen and the translation is by myself. 

 12 Lit. ' go about a thing ' = ' discover it.' 



