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Orðalisti (Wordlist) fyri landakart.


'''arvra-sker''' = ?-skerry<br>
'''bakk''' = steep bank of a river or lake<br>
'''bank''' = edge/bank/ledge<br> 
'''berg''' = (berg/brick) vertical rock/cliff-face<br>
'''blå''' (''adj.'') = blue<br>
'''boð''' = (baa) submerged rock/sunken rock<br> 
'''borg''' = fort/pictish broch<br>
'''brekk''' = slope of mountain or hill<br>
'''brodd''' = spike/point<br>
'''brøst''' = cheast/breast/referring to the shape of the landscape<br>
'''bygging''' = (bigging) cluster of houses<br>
'''bøl/bel''' [*ból] = litter, restingplace for animals/sheep-fold; enclosure<br>
'''bånn/bjadn''' [*barn] = child/bairn<br>
'''dal''' = valley<br>
'''do/dø''' [*dý] = mire<br>
'''Donald/Dunald''' = Donald (Male Name)<br>
'''eng''' = meadow<br>
'''est''' (''adj.'') [*austr] = east<br> 
'''evra-''' (''adj.'') [*øfra-] = above/on top of/in the uppermost (high-lying) parts<br>
'''fann''' = heap of drifted snow<br> 
'''fell/fedl/fjell''' = mountain/hill<br>
'''ferja''' = ferry<br>
'''flekk''' = piece of ground/field<br>
'''fugl-ø''' [*Fugley] = (Foula) bird-island<br>
'''fut''' [*fótr] = foot<br>
'''gamel''' (''adj.'') = old<br>
'''gart''' = farm<br>
'''gjo/gjå''' = cleft in a rock<br>
'''glja/gli''' (''vb'') [*gljá] = to glisten/gleam/shine<br>
'''glopp''' = (gloup) gap, interspace<br>
'''goda/gøda''' [*gata] = gate/path<br>
'''gref''', '''grev''', '''grav''' = grave, hollow, pit<br>
'''grind''' = gate<br>
'''gronn/grodn''' [*grunnr] = (shauld) shallow/shoal<br>
'''gås''' = goose<br>
'''hamar''' = steep rock/mountain wall<br>
'''hamn''' [*hofn] = harbour<br>
'''Harrier''' = ?? (Farm-name on Foula)<br>
'''hedla/hella''' = flat rock<br>
'''hest''' = horse<br>
'''hevdi/hevd''' [*hœfði] = promontory/high steep point of land<br>
'''hjog''' [*haugr] = hill<br>
'''hjorar-vik''' = ?-vik<br>
'''horn/hodn''' = corner/tapering height (of a hill/mountain)<br>
'''hord''' [*urð] = big boulder/scree<br>
'''hub''' [*hópr] = 1. crowd; 2. great number, flock; 3. a small (landlocked) bay<br>
'''hul''' [*hóll] = height/hill<br>
'''Huni''' (''Gen.'' Huna-) = (Male Name)<br>
'''hågi/hagi''' = pasture, out-field<br>
'''håls/hwåls''' = neck<br>
'''kaldbak''' = lit. "cold back" referring to a moutain/hill with long-lying snow patches<br>
'''kamb/kåmb''' = (kame) comb/sharp-crested mountain ridge<br>
'''kinn/kidn''' = cheek/steep slope<br>
'''kjørka''' = (kirk) church<br>
'''kleberg''' ('''klever''') = soft stone/steatite/soap-stone<br>
'''kliv/klev''' =brink or steep slope (with a path)/trampled, barren ground<br>  
'''knabb/nabb''' = projecting knoll, rock<br> 
'''knapp/snapp''' [*knappr] = knob, round top<br>
'''kodl/koll''' = roundish top/head<br>
'''korbi''' (Scots) = (corbie) raven<br>
'''krigg''' = war<br>
'''krigi/krik''' [*kriki/krikr] = defile in the landscape, narrow pass, cleft<br>
'''krug''' [*krókr] = bending, winding, curve<br>
'''krø/kru''' [*kró] = sheepfold<br>
'''kålv/kvålv''' = calf<br>
'''lamb''' = lamb (sheep)<br>
'''landingar-brød''' = landing-strip (aristrip)<br>
'''lang''' (''adj.'') = long<br>
'''ler''' [*leir] = clay/mud<br>
'''lið''' [*hlíð] = hillside/mountain side/slope<br>
'''litel''' (''adj.'') = small/little<br>
'''ljog''' [*lœkr] = burn/brook(let)<br>
'''ljus''' [*ljós] = light<br>
'''ljåg''' [lægð] = hollow/depression<br>
'''ljum/lum''' [*lómr] = loon/ember-goose<br>
'''lyft-hamn''' = air-port<br>
'''mukkel''' (''adj.'') [*mikill] = large/great/much<br>
'''mylla''' = mill<br>
'''mynni/mydni''' = mouth, opening in a firth/strait, sound, bay<br>
'''myrk''' (''adj.'') = dark<br>
'''mør/møri''' [*mýri] = bog/swamp<br>
'''nebb/nev''' [*hnef] = small projection of rock by the sea/nose/beak<br>
'''nes''' = (ness) headland<br>
'''nord''' (''adj.'') [*norðr] = north<br>
'''nup''' = mountainside with projecting peak/promontory/cape<br>
'''piri''' (''adj.'') = (peerie) small<br>
'''posthus''' = post office<br>
'''prest''' = priest<br>
'''pund''' = fold/enclosure/pound<br>
'''ramn''' = 1. (corbie) raven; 2. '''Ramn''' (*Hrafn = male name)<br>
'''rett''' = sheepfold/enclosure for animals<br>
'''rippek''' = three-toed gull (larus tridactylus)<br>
'''rog/rok''' [*rók] = streak/vein in a mountain/rock ledge<br>
'''ross''' = horse<br>
'''ruð''' [*ruð-staðr?] = a cleared place (ruðskar = cleared edge?)<br>
'''ryst''' [*rust] = crest of a (mountain) ridge/(rounded) top of a hill<br>
'''rød/røð''' (adj.) [*rauðr] = red<br>
'''sand''' = sand<br>
'''sjønn/sjødn''' [*tjørn] = tarn/small lake<br>
'''skag/skegi''' (*skagi) = point or tongue of land<br>
'''skar/skor''' = rim, edge, a joining of two edges<br>
'''skeld''' [*skjøldr] = shielded (bay)/stripe of field<br>
'''sker''' = (skerrie) isolated (flat) rock in the sea<br>
'''skir''' (''adj.'') = pure, holy<br>
'''skjord''' (''adj.'') = having sharp edges, notched <br>
'''skrodd''' (''adj.'') = fallen down<br>
'''skul''' = school<br>
'''slog''' = hollow in the ground, esp. a lowlying, marshy hollow<br> 
'''smal''' (''adj.'') = narrow/thin/slender<br>
'''snapp/knapp''' [*knappr] = knob, round top<br>
'''snjug''' [*hnúkr] = (sneug) mountain top/projecting hight<br>
'''stab''' [*stapi] = sea-rock<br>
'''stakk''' = high rock in the sea<br>
'''stova''' = sitting room/house<br>
'''strem/strom''' [*straumr] = stream/current<br>
'''stuv''' [*stúfr] = stub, stump, a rounded point of land, headland or round hill<br>
'''svað''' = barren, rocky ground (caused by landslide)<br>
'''sud''' (''adj.'') [*suðr] = south<br>
'''søð/sjoð''' [*sauðr] = sheep<br>
'''skård/skarð''' = deep depression in the ridge of a hill<br>
'''Trestað''' (*Trustað) = ?-stað<br>
'''tun''' = (toon) fenced plot/homefield/settlement<br>
'''teng/tångi''' = long, narrow spit (of land)<br>
'''ufs''' = rocky wall/rocky edge<br>
'''vatn''' = lake/loch<br>
'''veder''' = ram<br>
'''velsi''' [*vølsi] = large cylindrical figure<br>
'''vest''' (''adj.'') [*vestr] = west<br>
'''vestenfyri''' (adj.) = (Da Wasten) to the west<br>
'''vid/við''' = wood<br>
'''vik''' = (wick) bay<br>
'''virdek''' = cairn/memorial<br>
'''vård''' [*varði] = 1. cairn, heap of stones; 2. mountain-top; large prominent hill<br>
'''Vårdheld''' (*varðhald?) = (Vordeld) ruins of old watch-towers (now written '''Vord Hill''')<br>
'''våg''' = (voe) bay (somewhat more indented than vik)<br>
'''Ørfarsø''' (*Ørfirisey) = ORFASAY from ''ør-fjara'' an out-going, ebbing: ''Örfiris-ey'' is the pr. name for islands which, at low-water, are joined to the mainland by a reef which is covered at high-water<br> 
'''øver''' (''adj.)'' [*yfir] = upper/over

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