Difference between revisions of "Skårdar"
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[[File:Earwig on white background.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Vanlig skårdi''', Forficula auricularia, honkyn]] | [[File:Earwig on white background.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Vanlig skårdi''', Forficula auricularia, honkyn]] | ||
| − | '''Skårdar''' ([[Engelskt mål|engelsk]] ''Earwigs'') ([[froðlikshed]]: ''Dermaptera'') eru smu [[skorkvikkindi]] veð starkon tångon å bakkruppenon. [[Vanlig skårdi]] Forficula auricularia) er umleð 10-14 mm lång. | + | '''Skårdar''' or '''spordhalar''' ([[Engelskt mål|engelsk]] ''Earwigs'') ([[froðlikshed]]: ''Dermaptera'') eru smu [[skorkvikkindi]] veð starkon tångon å bakkruppenon. [[Vanlig skårdi]] Forficula auricularia) er umleð 10-14 mm lång. |
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'''''skordi''' ''sb''., the earwig, forficula auricularia. — skordi is prob. derived from O.N. skarði, n., a notch, owing to the forked tail of the insect. Cf. the designation "forky-tail" for the earwig (L.Sc.).'' | '''''skordi''' ''sb''., the earwig, forficula auricularia. — skordi is prob. derived from O.N. skarði, n., a notch, owing to the forked tail of the insect. Cf. the designation "forky-tail" for the earwig (L.Sc.).'' | ||
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| + | '''''spurrytail''' (n) an earwig (For/leu/a auriculuria) (also see forkietail. skordi).[spurry = spord. O.N. spordr: tail. esp, of a fish:pointedend]'' | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 30 December 2013
Skårdar or spordhalar (engelsk Earwigs) (froðlikshed: Dermaptera) eru smu skorkvikkindi veð starkon tångon å bakkruppenon. Vanlig skårdi Forficula auricularia) er umleð 10-14 mm lång.
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J.Jakoben - An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland
skordi sb., the earwig, forficula auricularia. — skordi is prob. derived from O.N. skarði, n., a notch, owing to the forked tail of the insect. Cf. the designation "forky-tail" for the earwig (L.Sc.).
A & A Christie-Johnston - Shetland Words: A Dictionary of the Shetland Dialect
spurrytail (n) an earwig (For/leu/a auriculuria) (also see forkietail. skordi).[spurry = spord. O.N. spordr: tail. esp, of a fish:pointedend]
