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PRINCE— THE FAEROE LANGUAGE. 



Masc. 

 their (thehr) 

 theirra {thehr a) 

 theim (tJiehm) 

 their (thehr) 



Faeroe. 

 ain 

 tvair 

 tridshir 

 fuira 

 fimm 

 sdks 

 sheh 

 otta 



nuidshe 

 tuidshu 

 edlivu 



Icelandic. 



Fern. 

 thacr {thair) 

 theirra 



theim (thehm) 

 thacr {thair) 



Ordinals to Twenty. 



Neut. 

 thoi ' they ' 

 theirra {thehr a) 

 theim {thehm) 

 thoi 



Icelandic, 

 ehdn 

 tvehrs 

 thrirs 

 fyorirs 

 finmi 

 seks 

 sho 

 autta 

 niu 

 till 

 cdlcvii 



Faeroe. 



to-idv 



trettan 



fyuhrtan 



fitntan 



sextan 



sehtshan 



otshan 



nuifshan 



tshuvu (cf. 

 Swed. tjugii, 

 pr. tshiigii) 



(hard 



The F. verbal forms are similar to those of Icel. 

 will be apparent from a few examples. 



Verbal Forms. 



Icelandic 

 tolv 

 thrcttaim 



th) 

 fyortaun 

 fimtaun 

 sextaun 

 soitshaun 



setshaun) 

 autshaun 

 nitshaun 

 tuttughii 



The variation 



(or 



Present. 



Faeroe. 

 eg rcnni 

 tu rennur 

 hann rennur 



Icelandic, 

 jeg nem 

 thti nemur 

 hann nemur 



Imperfect. 

 Faeroe. Icelandic. 



eg rann 

 tu rannsi 

 hann rann 



J eg nam 

 thii namst 

 hann nam 



vit renna (or vidh ncmum vit runnu {-m) vidh ndmum^^ 



rennum) 

 tit renna (or tJiidh ncmidh tit runnu {-dh) thjer ndmudJi 



rennidh ) 

 teir renna their nema teir runnu their ndmu 



The subjunctive with its characteristic -i occurs in both idioms, 

 as F. pres. sbj. renni for all persons; Icel. nacmi, nacmir, naemi, 

 nacmum, nacmudh, naemu. 



18 The imperf. pi. form in both dialects takes the o-ablaut whenever pos- 

 sible. 



