Definition of Faeroese

1. Noun. A Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands.


Definition of Faeroese

1. Adjective. (alternative form of Faroese) ¹

2. Noun. (alternative form of Faroese) ¹

3. Proper noun. (alternative form of Faroese) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Faeroese

Fabius
Fabry's disease
Fabry disease
Fabs
Facebook
Facebooked
Facebooking
Facebooks
Fachtna Fáthach
Factors I XII
Faded Giant
Faded Giants
Faden suture
Faeroe Islands
Faeroes
Faeroese
Fafnir
Fagaceae
Fagales
Fagatogo
Faget's sign
Fagin
Fagopyrum
Fagopyrum esculentum
Fagus
Fagus americana
Fagus grandifolia
Fagus pendula
Fagus purpurea

Literary usage of Faeroese

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1922)
"It is perhaps unfortunate for this purpose that the orthography of the older literary faeroese Norse, whose chief monument was the Fae- ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"... we had an opportunity of studying the interior of an old-fashioned well-to-do faeroese house. Very quaint is the stove— an iron box built through the ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1848)
"... were circulating in oral tradition among the inhabitants of the Faero islands so late as. These were collected and published in the faeroese ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"The colour character approaches that of Mus muralis, but is less accentuated, and the faeroese mouse may be said to be intermediate between the St ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... in ISIS, the crew of a faeroese vessel made a descent and slaughtered a large number of Gare-fowls ; but this, like the rest of > the group, ..."

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