Hello Could anyone translate this please

[evian]

Thanks All

[óðinn]

errm, djevla yngul legg teg og doyggj!!!



svangaskard!


I know that Djevla is Devil
and Doyggj is die?

But what does it actually say

I don't speak or read faroese but I understand the närpes dialect speaken in southern ostrobotnia. So I'd guess it means something like this:

errm, djevla yngul legg teg og doyggj!!!
= errm, djävla yngling lägg dig och dö!
= errm, damn youngster lie down and die!

But I have no idea what svangaskard means thought I'd guess something like svängkäft, something mean with other words but I'm only guessing. A brave translation would be turninggap or swinggap. One who is insolent with other words.

[Mulder-21]

Óðinn is correct in the first translation, although 'devil spawn' is probably a better word.

The second is different.

Svangaskarð is the place where one of the international football pitches in the Faroes is. Skarð means pass as in mountain pass. The low point between two mountains.

I'm unsure about the first half though. I'm guessing, it comes from the adjective 'svangur' (hungry), but I don't know for sure.

[Hunef]

errm, djevla yngul legg teg og doyggj!!!



svangaskard!


I know that Djevla is Devil
and Doyggj is die?

But what does it actually say

I don't speak or read faroese but I understand the närpes dialect speaken in southern ostrobotnia. So I'd guess it means something like this:

errm, djevla yngul legg teg og doyggj!!!
= errm, djävla yngling lägg dig och dö!
= errm, damn youngster lie down and die!

But I have no idea what svangaskard means thought I'd guess something like svängkäft, something mean with other words but I'm only guessing. A brave translation would be turninggap or swinggap. One who is insolent with other words.

Faroese yngul looks like (may be cognate with) Swedish yngel (neuter noun), which means 'fry', i.e. "baby frog/fish/etc.". Is it possible that Faroese yngul in the meaning "youngster" is slang, and that the primary meaning is 'fry', Mulder?

[Mulder-21]

Faroese yngul looks like (may be cognate with) Swedish yngel (neuter noun), which means 'fry', i.e. "baby frog/fish/etc.". Is it possible that Faroese yngul in the meaning "youngster" is slang, and that the primary meaning is 'fry', Mulder?

You're right. It is a cognate to the that Swedish word.

As for it being used as slang, well, then it was used a very long time ago, since I've never heard the word 'djevlayngul' actually being used.