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|'''bøga'''||<center>?</center>||''hen bird''
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|'''deyði'''||<kbd>[dɛiji]</kbd>||''(I) kill''
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|'''eyður'''||<kbd>[ɛijur]</kbd>||''wealth''
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|'''glaða'''||<kbd>[glɛava]</kbd>||''whirlwind''
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|'''gleða'''||<kbd>[gleːa]</kbd>||''(they) make glad''
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|'''gløður'''||<kbd>[gløːvur]</kbd>||''embers''
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|'''hugi'''||<kbd>[huːwi]</kbd>||''mind''
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|'''knoðar'''||<center>?</center>||''(he) kneads''
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|'''koyla'''||<kbd>[kɔila]</kbd>||''cleft''
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|'''kvøða'''||<center>?</center>||''(they) sing''
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|'''lega'''||<kbd>[leːva]</kbd>||''bed''
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|'''logi'''||<kbd>[loːji]</kbd>||''flame''
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|'''løgur'''||test<center>?</center>||''liquid''
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|'''móða'''||<kbd>[mɔuwa]</kbd>||''froth or scum in pot with meat or fish''
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|'''mugu'''||<kbd>[muːwu]</kbd>||''(they) must''
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|'''plága'''||<center>?</center>||''nuisance, affliction''
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|'''ráði'''||<kbd>[rɔaji]</kbd>||''(I) advise''
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|'''rúma'''||<kbd>[rʉuma]</kbd>||''(they) contain''
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|'''røða'''||<kbd>[røːa]</kbd>||''(they) speak''
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|'''skaði'''||<center>?</center>||''damage, loss''
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|'''skógur'''||<kbd>[skɔuwur]</kbd>||''forest''
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|'''spreiða'''||<kbd>[spraija]</kbd>||''(they) spread''
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|'''søga'''||<kbd>[søːva</kbd>]||''story''
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|'''tegi'''||<kbd>[teːji]</kbd>||''keep silent!''
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|'''toygur'''||<center>?</center>||''swallow, gulp, draught''
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|'''tregar'''||<kbd>[treːar]</kbd>||''(he) injures''
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|'''trúgi'''||<center>?</center>||''may (he) endanger''
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|'''vágur'''||<kbd>[vɔavur]</kbd>||''gulf''
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|'''vegur'''||<kbd>[veːvur]</kbd>||''(he) raises''
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|'''viður'''||<kbd>[viːjur]</kbd>||''wood, timber''
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|'''viga'''||<kbd>[viːja]</kbd>||''(they) weigh''
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|'''øga'''||<kbd>[øːa]</kbd>||''(they) frighten''
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⚠ Faroese belongs to the Northern subgroup of the Germanic languages. It is spoken by approx. 48 000 people in the Faroe Islands and elsewhere.
In the transcription <kbd>[j]</kbd> = ''y'' in ''yum'', <kbd>[w]</kbd> = ''w'' in ''win''; <kbd>[ɛ], [ɔ], [ø], [ʉ]</kbd> are vowels. The mark ː denotes vowel length.
 
—Alexander Piperski
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