in veðrið 'the weather' .

The letter ge (i.e. continuant of Old Norse ) is usually silent between vowels or when following a vowel before a pause (e.g., dagur 'day' , cf. Old Norse dagr ; eg 'I' , cf. Old Norse ek). Use of the silent letter ge in Faroese is the same as for the letter edd; it is written for historical reasons as Faroese orthography