Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1955, Qupperneq 53

Føroyski leypurin 59
o. aðr. staðir. «Tveir óføra stórir ullarleypar vóru í
Ónagerði til at bera í várullina av rættini» (Við.).
Utróðrarleypur. At bera fiskin í av støðni og til hús.
Var langur vegur otnan á støð, bóru summir snøri, skrín
o.a. oman í leypi; hann varð so annaðhvørt settur á
støðni, til teir komu aftur, ella inn í neyst (Winther
1875 og Jakobsen 1898-1901).
SUMMARY
The article gives an account of the Faroese leypur based upon
answers to a questionnaire sent out to 39 people in 35 villages and
upon the author’s own observations.
The present article falls into two sections. Section 1 deals with the
mode of construction, Section 2 is a glossary of names given to the
leypur. A concluding installment will contain two further sections,
namely Section 3 on the sizes of the leypur and Section 4 on its uses.
The various parts of the leypur are named (Fig. 3a), their shapes
and measurements discussed and compared. Tables 1 and 2 show that
these have never been hard and fast, but that they have varied accor*
ding to the purpose they were designed for. It is usual for the mea*
surements, at least in part, to vary from village to village.
Fig. 3 to 8 show different sorts of leypar. Fig. 3a shows the type
with 5 spars where the bottom is of similar construction as the spars. In Fig.
3 b we see the 4*spar type in which case the bottom rests upon the sups
porting cross pieces. Fig. 4a shows a 5»spar type where the spars are
laid across each other. The type known as rossleypur (leypur
borne by horses) appears in Fig. 4b. In Fig. 5a 4sspar type is shown
where the bottom res'ts on the supporting cross pieces. These are nailed
to the posts from the inside. Fig. 5b shows the taettleypur (solid
leypur). Fig. 6 shows the grótleypur (leypur for stone) with a
variety of this made from solid pieces of wood in Fig. 7, and Fig. 8
a and á show the lokaleypur (leypur with á lid). Further types
are discussed though not illustrated, e.g. a leypur with a handle for
carrying in the hand, a large one designed for hay and another for
carrying a fishing line in.
Finely is in Fig. 8 b and d shown the fetil (a haedband for cars
rying the leypur) and two different methods of fastening it.
Section 2 comprises an alphabetical list of 1 e y p ursnames. It may be
noted that some of these names do not denote leypar only but are
loose descriptive epithets, eg. eggjakoppur eggsshell.