Editing Geiranger (section)

==Name==
The [[Old Norse]] form of the name was {{lang|non|Geirangr}}. The suffix {{wikt-lang|non|angr}} (which means "[[fjord]]") is a common element in Norwegian place names (such as [[Hardanger]] and [[Varanger Peninsula|Varanger]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluff |title=Norske Fjordnavne |publisher=Aschehoug |year=1896 |location=Kristiania |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Helle |first=Knut |title=Stavanger: fra våg til by |publisher=Stabenfeldt |year=1975 |isbn=8253201893 |location=Stavanger |language=Norwegian}}</ref> The first element could be the plural [[Genitive case|genitive]] of the [[Old Norse]] word {{wikt-lang|non|geiri}} (which means "a piece of land" or "a field in a mountain side") which is related to the [[Middle English]] word {{wikt-lang|enm|gore}} (meaning a "spear-shaped piece of land"). This would then refer to the several small farms and fields lying in the steep mountain sides around the fjord (such as [[Knivsflå]] and [[Skageflå]]).