Editing Gjerstad (section)

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Gjerstad (village)|Gjerstad]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Geirreksstaðir}}) since the first [[Gjerstad Church]] was built there. The meaning of the first element is uncertain. One possibility is that it is the [[genitive case]] of the male name {{lang|non|Geirrekr}}. Another possibility is that it comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|geirr}} which means "spear". The last element of the name is the plural form of {{wikt-lang|non|staðr}} which means "place", "abode", or "town". Historically, the name of the parish was spelled Gerikstadum (c. 1400), Gierestat (c. 1567), Gierrestad, and Gjerrestad.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1905 |edition=8 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=11 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Gjerstad |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Gjerstad |access-date=2017-12-28 |date=2017-11-02 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=no}}</ref>