Appendix:False friends between Faroese and Icelandic

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