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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Old Norwegian Sheep (section Split from Spælsau)
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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