Føroyski leypurin : Gerð og snið — Leypanøvn

Abstract

The article gives an account of the Faroese leypur based upon answers to a questionnaire sent out to 39 people in 35 villages and upon the author's own observations. The present article falls into two sections. Section 1 deals with the mode of construction, Section 2 is a glossary of names given to the leypur. A concluding installment will contain two further sections, namely Section 3 on the sizes of the leypur and Section 4 on its uses. The various parts of the leypur are named (Fig. 3a), their shapes and measurements discussed and compared. Tables 1 and 2 show that these have never been hard and fast, but that they have varied accor* ding to the purpose they were designed for. It is usual for the measurements, at least in part, to vary from village to village. Fig. 3 to 8 show different sorts of leypar. Fig. 3a shows the type with 5 spars where the bottom is of similar construction as the spars. In Fig. 3 b we see the 4*spar type in which case the bottom rests upon the supporting cross pieces. Fig. 4a shovvs a 5«spar type where the spars are laid across each other. The type known as rossleypur (leypur borne by horses) appears in Fig. 4b. In Fig. 5a 4»spar type is shown where the bottom rests on the supporting cross pieces. These are nailed to the posts from the inside. Fig. 5b shows the tættleypur (solid leypur). Fig. 6 shows the grótleypur (leypur for stone) with a variety of this made from solid pieces of wood in Fig. 7, and Fig. 8 a and á show the lokaleypur (leypur with á lid). Further types are discussed though not illustrated, e.g. a leypur with a handle for carrying in the hand, a large one designed for hay and another for carrying a fishing line in. Finely is in Fig. 8 b and d shown the fetil (a haedband for cars rying the leypur) and two different methods of fastening it. Section 2 comprises an alphabetical list of leypurmames. It may be noted that some of these names do not denote l e y p a r only but are loose descriptive epithets, eg. e g g j a k o p p u r eggsshell.