Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1958, Page 94

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Atlantssiðir — Atlantsorð
eg eisini líkindi vera til, at norrønir menn fyri vestan hav
lærdu at nýta henda týðandi átutaran — hjá írum og skot*
um — á upprunaliga írskum ella skotskum øki. — Um okkurt
navn á etandi tara í Føroyum og í íslandi er týðing av
geliskum taranavni, er spurningur, sum er verdur at kanna
til lítar. Her er nóg mikið at gera vart við hitt sjáldsama
íslendska taranavnið sólvamæður, f. pl. Tað er eftir orðabók
Blóndals navn á Rhodophyllis dichotoma, eftir N. Mohr
(Forsøg til en Islandsk Naturhistorie, 1786, bls. 246):
Fucus ciliatus. Seta vit hetta íslendska navnið í eintal, sum
aldri verður nýtt nú (sbr. sol, pl., fjórugrós, pl., maríugrós,
pl.), verður úrslitið, *sólva*móðiv, meinlíkt tí geliska navn»
inum á Chondrus crispus: Máthair an duilisg («the mother
of the dulse»; Cameron 136).
SUMMARY
The introduction of the present paper mentions that a close study
of Gaelic loanswords in Faroese (and the closely related languages as
well) will lead to results which conveniently may be explained thus:
From the Scots Gaelic areas through Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroes
to Iceland we may draw a line from which another line may be drawn
to some place on the western coast of Norway. The former line
(south/north) is clear enough, though in rare cases it is impossible to
decide whether it starts from Ireland or perhaps from Western England
(where e. g. a component in place^names corresponding to OFar. ærgi
‘shieling’ is to be found quite frequently). A picture of the same kind
emerges from a thorough study of a number of seemingly Scandinavian
words, e. g. gjó (Icel. gjá, Scots geo) and stakkr (Scots stack): Both
words are known and used from the Isle of Man to Northern Iceland.
The archeologists have shown us that the relations of the Faroes
with the Hebrides and Northern Scotland are closer than with Norway.
A study of the old peasant culture of the Faroes points to a close
connection in the Viking Age with settlements in the Gaelic speaking
areas, this is e. g. shown in the use of tormentil roots as tanning
material.