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)
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).
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
#Faroese word for #sticker is #klistrimerki. It literally means "sticky sign" (at #klistra - to stick + #merki = sign).
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).
English #Wikipedia's "{{Citation needed}}" has its #Faroese counterpart - "{{#Kelda vantar}}" (literally "lack of sources").
Always check your #sources.
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...
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.
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".
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.
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)
#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).
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
The Faroese native #Angelica archangelica (#hvonn) was gathered in the wild and cultivated in gardens. It was served as a dessert, with cream or thick sour milk.
Crops such as #potatoes, #turnips and other roots were only grown in the small patches of cultivated soil. Wild plants have therefore been of some importance for the #Faroese people.
The village of #Hvannasund took its name from the plant - it's "the sound of angelicas".
Clothes #pegs in #Múli, #Borðoy. Anyone doing their #laundry there? 😀
#Faroese word #klemma is also a verb that means to squeeze, hug, cuddle; get jammed, get caught.
The bus stop at Gerðisbreyt in #Velbastaður.
One can send their post or enjoy the view over #Koltur while waiting for a bus no 5 or Saturday-only route 7 (connecting #Kirkjubøur with #Kollafjørður). And they're free, thanks to the local community council.
#Porkeri (pop. 317) is a #Faroese village on #Suðuroy.
Its name almost certainly derives from #purka - meaning #sow. There's a bit of speculation as to the word’s ending, believed to be a shortened version of #gerði (fenced-in plot of land / enclosure). If correct, #swine would have once been bred here.
#Oyrareingir (pop. 45) is situated at the very head of the Kollafjørður-fjord on #Streymoy. Its name in #føroyskt comes from words #oyrar (from oyri) that means sandy spit and #eingir - a meadow.
This hamlet is so tiny and its few houses so dispersed among the 'outskirts' of the neighbouring villages of #Signabøur and #Kollafjørður that few maps mention it.
#Dandelion (#várhagasólja) is known for its yellow #flower heads that turn into silver balls. Common in the #FaroeIslands is #Taraxacum faeroense with bluish grey-green leaves.
Its #Faroese name can be translated as spring (vár-) wild / outfield (haga) buttercup (sólja).
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An intriguing #Taraxacum #rubifolium - with brownish red, glossy leave - was found in a meadow area in #Tórshavn in 1909. It's kept alive in gardens, not only on Faroes, but around the world.
#Kollafjørður (pop. 828) is #FaroeIslands #longest settlement. It stretches in a 7 km long strip along the fjord and lies at the foot of the #Dyllan mountain.
The rounded shape of the mountain gave the town its name (known since 1350-1400) - #kollur is #Faroese for “round top”.
