158 PRINCE— THE FAEROE LANGUAGE. 



henni frd dllwn sum til hcvur horist vidh saer — at kin JieidJmi hevur 

 henni froa odlun sum til hcvur horist vi sacar — at hin haini hevur 

 her about all which had happened to him — that that heathen has 



tikidh og boridh scg i Mcraklettar. Seint a sumri funnu ncytakonur 

 titslii o bori seh ui Meraklettar. Saint oa sum^ri funnu nclitakonur 

 taken and carried him to Meraklettar. Late in the summer found 

 the milk- 



mannin dcydhan uti a Floiim, hlodhnaknan og bddhar iljaskogvarnar 

 mannin dehyan iuti oa Floun, blohnaknan o boyar iljaskohgvarnar 

 ing women the man dead out on Floun, stark naked and both (his) 

 foot-soles 



hrendar undir honum.. Bodli var sent attur til hnsa og hann vardh 



fordhur 

 brcndar ondir honun. Boh vacar sent attur til hiusa o hann vaear 



forur 

 burned under him. Word was sent back to the house and he was 



fetched 



heim og grivin. 

 haim o grivin. 

 home and buried. 



Grammatical Sketch. 



The following paradigms will illustrate the declension of the in- 

 definite adjective with the noun and the definite article with adjective 

 and *ioun, all in comparison with the similar modern Icelandic de- 

 clensions : 



Indefinite Adjective. 



Faeroe (phonetic). Icelandic.^^ 



N. govur mavur godhur madhiir ' a good man ' 



G. {gohs m^ns) godhs manns 



D. govum manni godhum manni 



A. govan mann godhan mann 



1^ The modern Icelandic phonetics are as follows : a as in ' father ' ; r as 

 in 'met'; { as in 'pin'; o as in 'more'; y as i In 'pin'; a: = i in 'pine'; o 

 as i m 'sir'; d as ozv in 'how'; i as ee in 'meet'; 6 as ow in 'blow'; u as 

 00 in 'fool'; u as French m; ^T as ec in 'meet'; dh^th in 'this'; medial 

 f=^v, except in connection with another consonant when it = 5; h is always 

 breathed, even before ; (hj) and k (hv^khv) ; y = cons. y; I is very soft, 

 but ll = ddl; nii^ddn; r final = almost rs, but = trilled r in the beginning 

 and middle of words; rn^^ddn; th =^ th in 'think.' Icelandic is spoken with 

 a curious whispering tone, quite unlike Faeroese. 



