Note 319 — Chapter I · THE STEAM-SHIP “QUEEN”—THE ORKNEYS AND MAES HOWE—THE SHETLANDS AND THE FÆROE ISLANDS.

In Scandinavian, Dynröst, “thundering roost,” from “að dynja,” to din; hence the Tyne and Dvina Rivers. The Icelandic Röst, or current, is the French Raz; that of “Petlandsfjörð” is especially celebrated. In the Orkneys “Roust” is a stormy sea caused by the meeting of tides; “Skail” (Icel. Skellr) is the dashing of surf upon the shore; “Skelder,” the washing of waves, is a common name for farm-houses near the beach; and “Swelchie,” which explains its own meaning, is the Icelandic Svelgr.