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Natural history -- Scotland -- Orkney; Orkney (Scotland) -- Description and travel; Orkney (Scotland) -- History

=Brim=, surf.
    =Efja=, backwater, eddy; _evie_.
    =Fjörth=, firth; _firth_, _-ford_.
    =Gja=, chasm, creek; _geo_.
    =Glup=, throat; _gloup_.
    =Hafn=, harbour; _ham_, _hamn-_.
    =Hōp=, shallow bay.
    =Straum=, tide-stream; _strom-_.
    =Vag=, narrow bay; _voe_, _-wall_.
    =Vath=, wading-place, ford; _waith_.
    =Vik=, bay; _-wick_.

5. FARMS AND HOUSES.

    =Bolstadr=, dwelling; _-buster_, _-bister_, _-bist_.
    =Brū=, bridge; _bro-_.
    =Bu=, =bær=, farm; _bu_, _-by_.
    =Bygging=, building, from byggja, to settle, to build; _-biggin_.
    =Garth=, enclosure, dyke; _-garth_, _-ger_.
    =Grind=, gate.
    =Hagi=, enclosed pasture; _hack-_.
    =Hus=, house.
    =Krō=, sheepfold; _-croo_.
    =Kvī=, cattle pen; _-quoy_.
    =Rett=, sheepfold; _-ret_.
    =Sel=, “saeter” hut; _selli-_.
    =Setr=, =saetr=, out-pasture; _seatter_, _-setter_, _-ster_.
    =Skali=, hall, house; _-skaill_.
    =Skipti=, dividing, boundary; _skippi-_.
    =Stadr=, homestead; _-ster_, _-sta_.
    =Stofa=, room, house; _stove_.
    =Thopt=, plot, site of a house; _-toft_, _-taft_.
    =Tūn=, enclosure, hedge; _-ton_, _-town_.

6. MISCELLANEOUS.

    =Djup=, deep; _deep-_, _jub-_.
    =Faer=, sheep; _far-_.
    =Flat=, flat; _flot-_.
    =Gra=, gray.
    =Graenn=, green.
    =Ha=, high; _ho-_.
    =Helgr=, holy; _hellya_.
    =Hest=, horse.
    =Hrafn=, raven; _ram-_, _ramn-_.
    =Hross=, horse; _russ-_.
    =Hund=, dog.
    =Hvit=, white; _wheetha-_.
    =Ling=, heather.
    =Mykill=, great; _muckle_.
    =Raud=, red; _ro-_.
    =Skalp=, ship; _scap-_.
    =Skip=, ship.
    =Svart=, black; _swart-_.




APPENDIX III.

LIST OF BIRDS FOUND IN ORKNEY.


Local names are given in brackets. An asterisk (*) indicates that the
bird is not known to breed in the islands. When any bird not in this list
is found, it will usually be worth while to put the fact on record.

    *=Auk, Little= (Rotchie).

    =Blackbird= (Blackie).
    =Bunting, Corn= (Chirlie Buntling).
    *=Bunting, Snow= (Snowflake).

    =Chaffinch=—_rare_.
    =Coot= (Snaith).
    =Cormorant= (Palmer, Scarf).
    Crow, Hooded (Craa, Hoodie Craa, Grayback).
    =Cuckoo=—_rare_.
    =Curlew= (Whaup).

    *=Diver, Black-throated=—_rare_.
    *=Diver, Great Northern= (Immer Goose).
    =Diver, Red-throated.=
    *=Dotterel=—_rare_.
    =Dove, Ring= (Wood-pigeon)—_rare_.
    =Dove, Rock.=
    =Dove, Stock.=
    =Duck, Eider= (Dunter).
    *=Duck, Golden-eye=—_rare_.
    =Duck, Long-tailed= (Calloo)—_rare_.
    *=Duck, Scaup=—_rare_.
    =Duck, Sheld= (Sly-goose).
    =Duck, Teal.=
    =Duck, Tufted.=
    =Duck, Wild= (Stock Duck).
    =Dunlin= (Plover-page, Plover-pagick).

    =Falcon, Peregrine.=
    *=Fieldfare.=

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The Orkney book : $b Readings for young Orcadians

Natural history -- Scotland -- Orkney; Orkney (Scotland) -- Description and travel; Orkney (Scotland) -- History

=Brim=, surf.
    =Efja=, backwater, eddy; _evie_.
    =Fjörth=, firth; _firth_, _-ford_.
    =Gja=, chasm, creek; _geo_.
    =Glup=, throat; _gloup_.
    =Hafn=, harbour; _ham_, _hamn-_.
    =Hōp=, shallow bay.
    =Straum=, tide-stream; _strom-_.
    =Vag=, narrow bay; _voe_, _-wall_.
    =Vath=, wading-place, ford; _waith_.
    =Vik=, bay; _-wick_.

5. FARMS AND HOUSES.

    =Bolstadr=, dwelling; _-buster_, _-bister_, _-bist_.
    =Brū=, bridge; _bro-_.
    =Bu=, =bær=, farm; _bu_, _-by_.
    =Bygging=, building, from byggja, to settle, to build; _-biggin_.
    =Garth=, enclosure, dyke; _-garth_, _-ger_.
    =Grind=, gate.
    =Hagi=, enclosed pasture; _hack-_.
    =Hus=, house.
    =Krō=, sheepfold; _-croo_.
    =Kvī=, cattle pen; _-quoy_.
    =Rett=, sheepfold; _-ret_.
    =Sel=, “saeter” hut; _selli-_.
    =Setr=, =saetr=, out-pasture; _seatter_, _-setter_, _-ster_.
    =Skali=, hall, house; _-skaill_.
    =Skipti=, dividing, boundary; _skippi-_.
    =Stadr=, homestead; _-ster_, _-sta_.
    =Stofa=, room, house; _stove_.
    =Thopt=, plot, site of a house; _-toft_, _-taft_.
    =Tūn=, enclosure, hedge; _-ton_, _-town_.

6. MISCELLANEOUS.

    =Djup=, deep; _deep-_, _jub-_.
    =Faer=, sheep; _far-_.
    =Flat=, flat; _flot-_.
    =Gra=, gray.
    =Graenn=, green.
    =Ha=, high; _ho-_.
    =Helgr=, holy; _hellya_.
    =Hest=, horse.
    =Hrafn=, raven; _ram-_, _ramn-_.
    =Hross=, horse; _russ-_.
    =Hund=, dog.
    =Hvit=, white; _wheetha-_.
    =Ling=, heather.
    =Mykill=, great; _muckle_.
    =Raud=, red; _ro-_.
    =Skalp=, ship; _scap-_.
    =Skip=, ship.
    =Svart=, black; _swart-_.




APPENDIX III.

LIST OF BIRDS FOUND IN ORKNEY.


Local names are given in brackets. An asterisk (*) indicates that the
bird is not known to breed in the islands. When any bird not in this list
is found, it will usually be worth while to put the fact on record.

    *=Auk, Little= (Rotchie).

    =Blackbird= (Blackie).
    =Bunting, Corn= (Chirlie Buntling).
    *=Bunting, Snow= (Snowflake).

    =Chaffinch=—_rare_.
    =Coot= (Snaith).
    =Cormorant= (Palmer, Scarf).
    Crow, Hooded (Craa, Hoodie Craa, Grayback).
    =Cuckoo=—_rare_.
    =Curlew= (Whaup).

    *=Diver, Black-throated=—_rare_.
    *=Diver, Great Northern= (Immer Goose).
    =Diver, Red-throated.=
    *=Dotterel=—_rare_.
    =Dove, Ring= (Wood-pigeon)—_rare_.
    =Dove, Rock.=
    =Dove, Stock.=
    =Duck, Eider= (Dunter).
    *=Duck, Golden-eye=—_rare_.
    =Duck, Long-tailed= (Calloo)—_rare_.
    *=Duck, Scaup=—_rare_.
    =Duck, Sheld= (Sly-goose).
    =Duck, Teal.=
    =Duck, Tufted.=
    =Duck, Wild= (Stock Duck).
    =Dunlin= (Plover-page, Plover-pagick).

    =Falcon, Peregrine.=
    *=Fieldfare.=

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