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Common terms and phrases
Amtmand ancient annual ashore beautiful bird bøur Britain British naval British troops butcher catch Chapter cliff coast command crowd Crown Copyright Reserved daily dancing Danish Danish government Deckboats Denmark despite Eysturoy farming Faroe Islands Faroe language Faroeman Faroese feet fish fjord gale grass Greenland gulls H. A. Djurhuus harbour hero Hestur hillsides hole Iceland inhabitants Jakobsen KALDBAK Kallsoy King of Norway Kittiwake KLAKKSVIK Koltur Kunoy Lagting land left foot sideways live Løgting meat miles milk monopoly mountain Mykines nationalist night Nolsoy Norway and Denmark Olav Olavsvøka open boats passengers peat pirates plunge ponies puffin pullovers quays race roads rocks Saga sail Sandoy schooners Scotland seldom sheep ship shore slung small boats Smiril soldiers splashing square kilometres Streymoy Suderoy summer thousand tide Tinganes tons Torshavn total area trawlers VÁGAR VESTMANNA Viking village warm weather WHALE-HUNTING winter womenfolk woollen yawls yvir