Appendix:False friends between Faroese and Icelandic

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This is an initial list of false cognates and false friends between Faroese and Icelandic. They therefore look similar but respectively either they do not actually come from the same root or they have different meanings, despite their similarities.

Faroese term Icelandic translation English translation Icelandic false friend Faroese translation English translation
epli kartafla potato epli súrepli apple
svampur sveppur mushroom svampur soppur sponge
spleysa festa saman splice splæsa at bjóða to pay for someone else
talv tafl chess tölva telda computer
sodavatn gos soda sódavatn miniralvatn sparkling water
umleið approximately um það bil um leið í somu løtu immediately
innleiða hefja initialize innleiða koma við introduce, put into place
knúsa splundra crush knúsa klemma hug
mismæli rógburður slander mismæli mismæli slip of the tongue
vilt tú mogga viltu ríða do you want to fuck viltu Mogga do you want a copy of Morgunblaðið
súkkling hjólreiðar cycling sjúklingur sjúklingur a patient
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