LIST OF POPULAR PLANT NAMES FROM THE FÆROES 



COMPILATEU BY 



GAZET PATURSSON. 



At the request of Mr. C. H. Ostenfeld the author of the present list 

 l\ has tried to put together the popular nanies of the færoese piants. 

 The names originate parti}' from pvipers published by other authors, 

 partly from my own knowledge supplemented by that of fellow-coun- 

 trymen. During several years I have been interested in collecting the 

 plant names used on my native istands, and I have always noted the 

 names I heard, when travelling from village to village, from istand to island. 

 I am fully aware that the list is not at all complete, but I hope it may 

 be of some value as an attempt to refer the popular names of the færoese 

 piants to the species fixed by their Latin names. 



Aarmosi: Astrophyllum sp. 



Adam oy Eva^ : Orchis maculatus. 



Akeleia: Lychnis Ilos cuculi, Orchis 



maculatus (Sv.). 

 Akiiriill: Eriophorum polystachyum. 

 Apaldiir: Pyrus malus. 

 Arvi: Stellaria media, Montia lam- 



prosperma. 

 Båla see Korki. 

 Baldiirsbrå : Matricaria inodora, var. 



phaeocephala (BaldursblaS, Sv.). 

 Baraldin: Juniperus communis. 

 Bdtsmans hattiir: Brunella vulgaris. 

 Bergs/^ra: Oxyria digyna. 

 Ber(ja)lyiigur: Empetrum nigrum. 

 Bervisa: The flower of Berlyngur. 

 Biåiskinn see Mjolkasolja. 

 Birki: Betula sp. 

 Bjollika: the rhizome of Equisetum 



arvense. 

 Bjollikustrå : the sterile stems of 



Equisetum arvense. 

 Bjargahvonn see Hvonn. 

 Bldber: Vaccinium myrtillus (the 



fruit). 

 Bldberlyngiir: Vaccinium myrtillus. 



Bjolgagras : Equisetum silvaticum. 



Bladtari: Laminaria saccharina. 



Bldhattiii'^ : Viola silvestris (Sv.). 



Bldkolla^: Succisa pratensis; Viola 

 silvestris. 



Bludgras: Blechnum spicant. 



Bjargablomstiir: Melandrium ru- 

 brum. 



Blik see Korki. 



Blod riitari : Fucus vesiculosus, Asco- 

 phyllum nodosum. 



Bék: Fagus europæa. 



Bolatari: Ascophyllum nodosum. 



Bord(a)gras: Juncus squarrosus, Ca- 

 rex salina Whbg. 



BorfJiir see Borågras. 



Borkubondi'^ : Orchis maculatus. 



Breiåskora: Tussilago farfarus. 



Brobber^: Thymus serpyllum. 



Bukkablaå : Menyanthes trifoliata. 



Borkiwisa: Potentilla erecta; the rhi- 

 zome: Borka. 



Bygg : Hordeum vulgare. 



Bokkiir: Silene acaulis. 



Ddi: Galeopsis tetrahit. 



Diinniiber^ : Vaccinium uliginosum. 



' The inhabitants of Thorshavn call the white-flowercd form Eva , the red- 

 flowered form Adam. ^ According to E: Bhihattur :=- Blåkolla =^ Succisa prat.; 

 Blåkolla ^ Viola silvestris. ^ Sv. says: it is tlie root, which is called Borkubéndi. 

 * After E: Bro aber, Broåberg. ^ Atter Sv. : Dunnuber =^ Blåber. 



