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    The Spælsau (Old Norwegian Short Tail Landrace, Gamalnorsk spæl Norwegian) is a breed of sheep from Norway. Many consider Spælsau to be the original breed...
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    to the closely related Spælsau. Old Norwegian Sheep is small and easy at foot. The colour scheme varies greatly. Unlike Spælsau, it is not desirable for...
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    pronounced as a diphthong /æi/) /eː/ as in Sæther, Næser, Sæbø, gælisk, spælsau, bevæpne, sæd, æser, Cæsar, væte, trær ("thread(s)" [verb]) /e/ as in Sæth...
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    Blackbelly Barbados Icelandic sheep Iceland Shetland sheep Shetland Isles, Scotland Spælsau sheep Norway Dates to the Iron Age Welsh mountain sheep Wales...
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    United Kingdom Southdown United Kingdom Meat South Wales Mountain Wales Spælsau Old Norwegian Short Tail Landrace Norway Meat Spiegel St. Croix Virgin...
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    mountaintops and lush bird-cliffs. They are most closely related to the Norwegian Spælsau and Icelandic sheep. Ears are usually cut with various simple designs,...
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  • is hardy and thrifty. It descends from Faroe and Icelandic sheep, the Spælsau and the Scottish Blackface, brought to Greenland by Greenladic farmers...
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    mark. the Norwegian Pelt Sheep or Norsk Pelssau the Norwegian Spaelsau or Moderne Spælsau the Old Norse Sheep or Gammelnorsk Sau, from the coastal districts...
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  • Finnish Landrace sheep, or Finnsheep Old Norwegian Short Tail Landrace, or Spælsau All pages with titles beginning with Landrace This disambiguation page...
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    double-coated breed of Swedish Landrace origin also contains some Norwegian Spælsau heritage. The purpose of the sheep was to use the long, wavy, and shiny...
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  • short-tailed sheep, which also includes Shetland, Icelandic, Romanov, Spaelsau, and several other breeds. The Finnsheep is often used in crossbreeding...
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    her in 1887 and added it to the collection. The tapestry is woven from spælsau wool and linen and the yarn was dyed with vegetable dyes. It measures 118...
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  • carpets, she experimented with new binding techniques using wool from spælsau sheep in order to obtain increased elasticity and durability. She also...
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  • reconstructions of old Norwegian tapestry, utilising old dyeing techniques and spælsau yarn. From 1941 to 1963 she taught tapestry weaving at the Statens Kvinnelige...
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  • barren with few forested areas and much heathland. There are flocks of wild spælsau sheep that live year-round on the island in the heathland. This breed of...
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