Editing Hallingdal (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Skogshorn.jpg|thumb|left|Skogshorn in [[Hemsedal]], one of many high mountains in Hallingdal]]
The [[Old Norse]] form of the name was ''Haddingjadalr''. The first recorded case beginning with ''Hall-'' is from 1443. The first element seems to be the genitive case of the name of the people ''[[Haddingjar]]'' or of the male name ''Haddingi''. In [[Flateyjarbók]], a man named ''Haddingr'' is mentioned as the king of Hallingdal. Compare with the first element in ''Gudbrandsdalen'' '[[Gudbrand Valley]]'. In both cases the name is probably derived from the word ''haddr'', meaning 'woman's hair' and the name can consequently be interpreted as meaning 'the long haired ones'. The last element is ''dalr'' which means 'valley, dale'.<ref name="s" /><ref name=stadnamn>{{cite book|title=Norsk stadnamnleksikon|year=1980|publisher=Det Norske Samlaget|location=Oslo|isbn=82-521-0999-3|page=139|edition=2.|editor=Jørn Sandnes og Ola Stemshaug}}</ref><ref name=nordb>{{cite book|title=Norrøn ordbok|year=1990|publisher=Det Norske Samlaget|location=Oslo|isbn=82-521-3493-9|page=163|author=Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen|edition=4.}}</ref>
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