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Faroese
[ fair-oh-eez, -ees ]
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Origin of Faroese1
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Example Sentences
Indeed it would be difficult to overestimate the debt which all succeeding students of Faroese ballads owe to him.
Unfortunately Lyngbye knew no Icelandic and very little Faroese, and his work necessarily suffers in consequence.
Moreover it is no easier to generalise about the sources of the Faroese ballad material than about the Danish.
Lyngbye points out that Nornagest has become a well-known character in modern Faroese legend.
Whatever the nature of their connection with the ballads of the surrounding lands, the Faroese ballads are no isolated growth.
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