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#Faroese word for shell - #skel - sounds the same as in #English as both comes from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.

There are quite a few idioms related to #shells in Faroese:

* "sum skeljar" - said of bone-dry hay - literally means "like #shells"
*"liggja í skeljum" (lie in shells) is used when referring to something among other bits and pieces

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

#Faroese word for shell - #skel - sounds the same as in #English as both comes from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.

There are quite a few idioms related to #shells in Faroese:

* "sum skeljar" - said of bone-dry hay - literally means "like #shells"
*"liggja í skeljum" (lie in shells) is used when referring to something among other bits and pieces

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

#Germany has for centuries been a conglomerate of many tribes. The neighbour tribe of Alemannen gave the #French name Allemagne.

#Polish name #Niemcy comes from *němьcь - speechless - since German is not mutually intelligible with #Slavic languages.

#Faroese word for #Germany is #Týskland. It derives from Old High German work #diutisc (of or pertaining to the people or tribe). In #OldNorse it became þýðskr/þjóðskr and later formed #Tyskland in Scandinavian languages.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

#Germany has for centuries been a conglomerate of many tribes. The neighbour tribe of Alemannen gave the #French name Allemagne.

#Polish name #Niemcy comes from *němьcь - speechless - since German is not mutually intelligible with #Slavic languages.

#Faroese word for #Germany is #Týskland. It derives from Old High German work #diutisc (of or pertaining to the people or tribe). In #OldNorse it became þýðskr/þjóðskr and later formed #Tyskland in Scandinavian languages.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

#Germany has for centuries been a conglomerate of many tribes. The neighbour tribe of Alemannen gave the #French name Allemagne.

#Polish name #Niemcy comes from *němьcь - speechless - since German is not mutually intelligible with #Slavic languages.

#Faroese word for #Germany is #Týskland. It derives from Old High German work #diutisc (of or pertaining to the people or tribe). In #OldNorse it became þýðskr/þjóðskr and later formed #Tyskland in Scandinavian languages.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

#Germany has for centuries been a conglomerate of many tribes. The neighbour tribe of Alemannen gave the #French name Allemagne.

#Polish name #Niemcy comes from *němьcь - speechless - since German is not mutually intelligible with #Slavic languages.

#Faroese word for #Germany is #Týskland. It derives from Old High German work #diutisc (of or pertaining to the people or tribe). In #OldNorse it became þýðskr/þjóðskr and later formed #Tyskland in Scandinavian languages.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

#Germany has for centuries been a conglomerate of many tribes. The neighbour tribe of Alemannen gave the #French name Allemagne.

#Polish name #Niemcy comes from *němьcь - speechless - since German is not mutually intelligible with #Slavic languages.

#Faroese word for #Germany is #Týskland. It derives from Old High German work #diutisc (of or pertaining to the people or tribe). In #OldNorse it became þýðskr/þjóðskr and later formed #Tyskland in Scandinavian languages.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

The village of #Svínoy (pop. 31) lies in fertile lowland isthmus surrounded by mountainous areas. Its name means Swine (or Pig) Island.

The island is relatively flat. One can follow the “Eystur í Hagan” road to enjoy the view of #Fugloy

#føroyskt #FaroeIslands #FaroeseCities

#Gekkur is a televised #bingo game with spinning wheel. Participants buy game cards at a local store (40 DKK) and follow along live on Kringvarp Føroya Tuesday evenings.

If they win, they call in to the show and enter a series of complicated bonus rounds...

Over the past 25+ years over 4200 lucky players won 120mm DKK in #Gekkur.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #KVF

#Spectators of the #B36 Tórshavn – #NSÍ Runavík match (3:0) in August 2015 were given #tickets for the game against FC Suðuroy.

#Faroese word for ticket is #atgongumerki (atgonga - admittance + merki - sign, stamp, badge).

Koyr á Føroyar #føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #football

#Oyndarfjørður (pop. 126), mentioned in #Hundabrævið, was isolated until 1974 when a #road finally arrived.

The village name in #Faroese derives from the man’s name #Oyvindur.

The #church, a traditional wooden church with a #turf roof, was built in 1838.

At the beach you can see two rocking stones called #Rinkusteinar.

#FaroeseCities #føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

#Oyndarfjørður (pop. 126), mentioned in #Hundabrævið, was isolated until 1974 when a #road finally arrived.

The village name in #Faroese derives from the man’s name #Oyvindur.

The #church, a traditional wooden church with a #turf roof, was built in 1838.

At the beach you can see two rocking stones called #Rinkusteinar.

#FaroeseCities #føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

#Funningsfjørður (pop. 59) is located at the bottom of an inlet. It's an outlying village from #Elduvík found in 1832 as #niðursetubygd.

Its name comes from the village of #Funningur - the noun #finningur means #find. Tradition says that the first viking on the #FaroeIslands, #Grímur Kamban, settled there.

The company #OceanRainforest is experimenting with #seaweed cultivation in the fjord, and at the port, up to 4k pallets are produced daily.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #FaroeseCities

#Hestur (pop. 15) is a #Faroese village on the island of Hestur. Its name refers to the ridge of the #island which resembles the back of a #horse - #hestur in #Faroese.

In 1919 a fishing accident resulted in the deaths of one-third of #Hestur's men. Following that accident and to fight the depopulation of the village a swimming #pool was built - it was opened in 1983.

The local #post office opens just once a week for only 90 minutes.

#FaroeIslands #FaroeseCities #foroyskt

#Faroese word for #echo literally means "rock wall’s speech".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #bergmál #Vidareidi

#Faroese word for #echo literally means "rock wall’s speech".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #bergmál #Vidareidi

#Faroese word for #echo literally means "rock wall’s speech".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #bergmál #Vidareidi

#Faroese word for #echo literally means "rock wall’s speech".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #bergmál #Vidareidi

#Faroese word for #echo literally means "rock wall’s speech".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #bergmál #Vidareidi

#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #2

There are 15 servers listed that support a language classified as Vulnerable or Endangered by UNESCO

These spaces promote digital language equity and help safeguard cultural heritage, enabling communities to connect and express themselves in their own languages online.

#Brezhoneg
#Català
#Cymraeg
#Euskara
#Føroyskt
#Gaeilge
#Galo
#Gàidhlig
#Lëtzebuergesch
#Lombard
#Stellingwerfs
#Sámi
#TeReMāori
#беларускаямова

https://jaz.co.uk/projects/startheresocial/shs-language/

#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #2

There are 15 servers listed that support a language classified as Vulnerable or Endangered by UNESCO

These spaces promote digital language equity and help safeguard cultural heritage, enabling communities to connect and express themselves in their own languages online.

#Brezhoneg
#Català
#Cymraeg
#Euskara
#Føroyskt
#Gaeilge
#Galo
#Gàidhlig
#Lëtzebuergesch
#Lombard
#Stellingwerfs
#Sámi
#TeReMāori
#беларускаямова

https://jaz.co.uk/projects/startheresocial/shs-language/

#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #2

There are 15 servers listed that support a language classified as Vulnerable or Endangered by UNESCO

These spaces promote digital language equity and help safeguard cultural heritage, enabling communities to connect and express themselves in their own languages online.

#Brezhoneg
#Català
#Cymraeg
#Euskara
#Føroyskt
#Gaeilge
#Galo
#Gàidhlig
#Lëtzebuergesch
#Lombard
#Stellingwerfs
#Sámi
#TeReMāori
#беларускаямова

https://jaz.co.uk/projects/startheresocial/shs-language/

#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #2

There are 15 servers listed that support a language classified as Vulnerable or Endangered by UNESCO

These spaces promote digital language equity and help safeguard cultural heritage, enabling communities to connect and express themselves in their own languages online.

#Brezhoneg
#Català
#Cymraeg
#Euskara
#Føroyskt
#Gaeilge
#Galo
#Gàidhlig
#Lëtzebuergesch
#Lombard
#Stellingwerfs
#Sámi
#TeReMāori
#беларускаямова

https://jaz.co.uk/projects/startheresocial/shs-language/

#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #2

There are 15 servers listed that support a language classified as Vulnerable or Endangered by UNESCO

These spaces promote digital language equity and help safeguard cultural heritage, enabling communities to connect and express themselves in their own languages online.

#Brezhoneg
#Català
#Cymraeg
#Euskara
#Føroyskt
#Gaeilge
#Galo
#Gàidhlig
#Lëtzebuergesch
#Lombard
#Stellingwerfs
#Sámi
#TeReMāori
#беларускаямова

https://jaz.co.uk/projects/startheresocial/shs-language/

#Faroese word for #goose is #gás. It comes from #Proto-Indo-European and is likely of #imitative origin.

The verb at #gáka means not only to #quack like a goose, but also to chatter and gossip.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #barnacleGoose #fauna

#1N5817 Schottky Barrier Rectifying #Diode is one of many #semiconductors powering modern #technology.

#Faroese word for it is #hálvleiðari (#hálv - half-way + #leiðari - conductor), while #electrode is called #kleiv - a word that originally meant a "narrow cleft".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #electronics

#1N5817 Schottky Barrier Rectifying #Diode is one of many #semiconductors powering modern #technology.

#Faroese word for it is #hálvleiðari (#hálv - half-way + #leiðari - conductor), while #electrode is called #kleiv - a word that originally meant a "narrow cleft".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #electronics

#1N5817 Schottky Barrier Rectifying #Diode is one of many #semiconductors powering modern #technology.

#Faroese word for it is #hálvleiðari (#hálv - half-way + #leiðari - conductor), while #electrode is called #kleiv - a word that originally meant a "narrow cleft".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #electronics

#1N5817 Schottky Barrier Rectifying #Diode is one of many #semiconductors powering modern #technology.

#Faroese word for it is #hálvleiðari (#hálv - half-way + #leiðari - conductor), while #electrode is called #kleiv - a word that originally meant a "narrow cleft".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #electronics

#1N5817 Schottky Barrier Rectifying #Diode is one of many #semiconductors powering modern #technology.

#Faroese word for it is #hálvleiðari (#hálv - half-way + #leiðari - conductor), while #electrode is called #kleiv - a word that originally meant a "narrow cleft".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #electronics

Vita tygum, at …? Do you know that white #LED actually emits blue colour? A #chemical compound - called #phosphor - absorbs it and emits a broad spectrum of colours that we perceive as a #white light.

#Faroese word for LED is #ljósdioda (light, lamp, candle + diode)

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #electronics #semiconductor

Vita tygum, at …? Do you know that white #LED actually emits blue colour? A #chemical compound - called #phosphor - absorbs it and emits a broad spectrum of colours that we perceive as a #white light.

#Faroese word for LED is #ljósdioda (light, lamp, candle + diode)

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #electronics #semiconductor

Vita tygum, at …? Do you know that white #LED actually emits blue colour? A #chemical compound - called #phosphor - absorbs it and emits a broad spectrum of colours that we perceive as a #white light.

#Faroese word for LED is #ljósdioda (light, lamp, candle + diode)

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #electronics #semiconductor

Vita tygum, at …? Do you know that white #LED actually emits blue colour? A #chemical compound - called #phosphor - absorbs it and emits a broad spectrum of colours that we perceive as a #white light.

#Faroese word for LED is #ljósdioda (light, lamp, candle + diode)

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #electronics #semiconductor

Vita tygum, at …? Do you know that white #LED actually emits blue colour? A #chemical compound - called #phosphor - absorbs it and emits a broad spectrum of colours that we perceive as a #white light.

#Faroese word for LED is #ljósdioda (light, lamp, candle + diode)

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #electronics #semiconductor

While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...

The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...

The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...

The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...

The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...

The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

The #Faroese word for #ivy is #viðbendil. It literally means something that bends and twists (#benda) towards (#við) / in a certain direction

While #Hedera helix is not found naturally on the #FaroeIslands, it can be bought at local garden centres

#føroyskt #flora #WordOfTheDay

The #Faroese word for #ivy is #viðbendil. It literally means something that bends and twists (#benda) towards (#við) / in a certain direction

While #Hedera helix is not found naturally on the #FaroeIslands, it can be bought at local garden centres

#føroyskt #flora #WordOfTheDay

The #Faroese word for #ivy is #viðbendil. It literally means something that bends and twists (#benda) towards (#við) / in a certain direction

While #Hedera helix is not found naturally on the #FaroeIslands, it can be bought at local garden centres

#føroyskt #flora #WordOfTheDay

The #Faroese word for #ivy is #viðbendil. It literally means something that bends and twists (#benda) towards (#við) / in a certain direction

While #Hedera helix is not found naturally on the #FaroeIslands, it can be bought at local garden centres

#føroyskt #flora #WordOfTheDay

The #Faroese word for #ivy is #viðbendil. It means the wood (from #viður) that bends and twists (#benda).

While #Hedera helix is not found naturally on the #FaroeIslands, it can be bought at local garden centres

#føroyskt #flora #WordOfTheDay

#Faroese word for #sticker is #klistrimerki. It literally means "sticky sign" (at #klistra - to stick + #merki = sign).

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay @macbre

There are fifteen kinds of #fern in the #FaroeIslands. Most of them grow in clefts in rocks where there is moisture and shade.

trøll = troll + kampur = whiskers

The #Faroese word for fern is '#trøllakampar', which means '#troll's beard'.

The most common Faroese fern is the 'fragile fern' (cystopteris fragilis).

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay #flora

English #Wikipedia's "{{Citation needed}}" has its #Faroese counterpart - "{{#Kelda vantar}}" (literally "lack of sources").

Always check your #sources.

#føroyskt @Wikipedia #wordoftheday

English #Wikipedia's "{{Citation needed}}" has its #Faroese counterpart - "{{#Kelda vantar}}" (literally "lack of sources").

Always check your #sources.

#føroyskt @Wikipedia #wordoftheday

The #Faroese word for leaf is #leyv.

#Deciduous #trees are quite numerous on the islands. In 1979, 6000 small #Nothofagus plants were transferred from Tierra del Fuego to #FaroeIslands, making it the biggest population in Europe.

Another word for leaf is #blað. This one is an interesting one as it also means #sheet, #page, #newspaper, deck of playing cards and (kniie) blade. All of these quite thin and long, somehow resembling the shape of the #leaf...

#føroyskt #wordoftheday #Spathiphyllum

Steep mountains - that dominate #FaroeIslands landscape - are of #volcanic origin. Dark layers of #basalt alternate with the softer layers of reddish #tuff - stone made up of volcanic ashes.

These steep mountainsides are called #hamar (rocky wall). At the base a collection of broken rock fragments - called #scree - can quite often be found.

#føroyskt #Faroese #WordOfTheDay

The #Faroese word #epli originally meant #apple (and still does in biblical and poetical context). However, over time it became the term for #potato (otherwise termed #jørðepli = ground apple).

The “súr-“ prefix comes from the adjective #súrur (sour). The word #epli can thus be literally translated as "sour potato".

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

Many #Faroese #neologisms reuse existing words. The word “#fløga” is not an exception. With its original meaning being the layer on a stack (of hay) and thick slice (of bread) it now also means the compact disc (#CD). The thick layer of data, perhaps?

Pictured is the debut album of the folk-metal band #Hamradun released in 2015. #Music CD would be called #ljómfløga in Faroese.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

Many #Faroese #neologisms reuse existing words. The word “#fløga” is not an exception. With its original meaning being the layer on a stack (of hay) and thick slice (of bread) it now also means the compact disc (#CD). The thick layer of data, perhaps?

Pictured is the debut album of the folk-metal band #Hamradun released in 2015. #Music CD would be called #ljómfløga in Faroese.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

Many #Faroese #neologisms reuse existing words. The word “#fløga” is not an exception. With its original meaning being the layer on a stack (of hay) and thick slice (of bread) it now also means the compact disc (#CD). The thick layer of data, perhaps?

Pictured is the debut album of the folk-metal band #Hamradun released in 2015. #Music CD would be called #ljómfløga in Faroese.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

Many #Faroese #neologisms reuse existing words. The word “#fløga” is not an exception. With its original meaning being the layer on a stack (of hay) and thick slice (of bread) it now also means the compact disc (#CD). The thick layer of data, perhaps?

Pictured is the debut album of the folk-metal band #Hamradun released in 2015. #Music CD would be called #ljómfløga in Faroese.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

Many #Faroese #neologisms reuse existing words. The word “#fløga” is not an exception. With its original meaning being the layer on a stack (of hay) and thick slice (of bread) it now also means the compact disc (#CD). The thick layer of data, perhaps?

Pictured is the debut album of the folk-metal band #Hamradun released in 2015. #Music CD would be called #ljómfløga in Faroese.

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

The #Faroese word for #cloud is #skýggj. But there are a few dozen more specific ones.

Like #nyðra - fleecy cloud, which also means “tuft of #wool”. Or #róðrarskýggj - cloud which drifts slowly, not faster than the speed of a rowboat (#róðrarbátur)

#føroyskt #WordOfTheDay

#Faroese word for #museum is #savn. It comes from the verb “at savna” - to gather, to round up (sheep).

The skeleton of the Pilot Whale at the exposition of the #Tjóðsavnið (#FaroeIslands National Museum).

#føroyskt #wordOfTheDay

The #Gjógv incline railway is the only operating #Faroese #railway, transporting goods and small boats. The #narrow-gauge line follows a steep incline in the local #harbour.

#sporsmalur = spor - rail, #track + smalur - narrow, small

#foroyskt #wordsense