PRINCE— THE FAEROE LANGUAGE. 163 



It will be observed that F. has lost the inflections especially in the 

 pres. pi. and throughout the subjunctive. 



Finally in this connection, the following comparison between F., 

 Icel., and the " Norse-Norse " idiom as used today by the extreme 

 partisans of " true Norwegian " in Norway may prove of interest 



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F. hikk at kottiniini; Jiann cr Jicldur luiti diiir, myiikhddrdiir loafottur 

 I. littii au kottinn; liann crs fremurs litidJi dirs, myukhairdhur laug- 



fdtturs 

 N. sho po katten; ban cr ain hcldur lite dilr, myukhddrd lohgfott 

 Look at the cat; he is a rather little animal; soft-haired, low-footed 



F. o-ch Jialalanggnr. Tdddnar cm stuttar o-ch kunne itshi kreppast 



so vdl 

 I. okh mcdh langga rovii. Tdddnar s cru st lit tars okh get a ekkyi 



bckht sikh ains vel 

 N. o nicd ai lang rova. Tdrnc er stutte o kann ikkye kreppa sell i 



hop so gott 

 and with a long tail. The toes are short and cannot bend themselves 



as well 



F. sum finggrar okkara. 

 I. okh finggurnirs au oss. 

 N. som fingrarne vore. 

 as our fingers. 



Music. 



The Faerings have preserved a wealth of dances accompanied by 

 many ancient dance songs which are characteristic of these islands. 

 They also still use a number of narrative songs of the saga variety, 

 some of which even refer to episodes connected with King Pepin, the 

 father of Charlemagne {Pippingur oa Fraklandi, ' Pepin of Frank- 

 land') and of other early monarchs. Most of these airs have a 

 melody variation of only four or five tones and are believed to go 

 back to a prehistoric origin. A specimen of a still popular dance song 

 given below may be of interest, in closing this brief sketch of a people 

 who have kept their nationality in much the same manner as has been 

 done in Iceland, owing to a thousand years of comparative isolation. 



!<* Haegstad, Vcstnorske Maalforc, pp. i&S-igo; F. phonetics by Miss 

 Mikkelsen ; Icel. phonetics by Mr. Kristian Armansson, an Icelandic student 

 in Copenhagen. 



