Editing Örvar-Oddr (section)

== Örvar-Oddr and Norwegian Rugii ==
Örvar-Oddr spent his childhood and youth in Berurjóðr near Eikund (Eigersund). In the saga, Örvar-Oddr responds to the question of the priestess about who raised him in such folly that he refuses to worship the highest god and leader of the Aesir, Odin:

"I was raised by Ingjaldr in my childhood, who ruled Eikund and inhabited Jadar."

* Eikundasund, Eykundasund. In: [[Johann Samuel Ersch]], [[Johann Gottfried Gruber]] (Eds.): General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts. Section 1: A–G. Part 32: Ei–Eisen. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1839, p. 209 ([https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN351177132 resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de] [https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN351177132?tify=%7B%22pages%22%3A%5B217%5D%2C%22view%22%3A%22info%22%7D gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de]).

At the beginning of the 19th century, historians, literary scholars, and geographers believed that Oddr's fate was connected to the Norwegian Rogaland. In the General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, it is pointed out that in the Örvar-Odds saga, it concerns the island of Eigerøy.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Eikund. In: Johann Samuel Ersch, Johann Gottfried Gruber (Hrsg.): Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. 1. Sektion: A–G. 32. Teil: Ei–Eisen. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1839, S. 209 (gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de).}}</ref>

The settlement of Berurjóðr [[:nn:Berglyd|(Berglud]]), the island of Eikund [[Eigerøya|(Eigerøy]]), and the historical region of Jadar ([[Jæren]]) are located in the Norwegian province of [[Rogaland]], which was inhabited by [[Rugii]] in the Middle Ages. Egersund is the bay between the island of Eigerøy and the mainland, which was called "Eikundarsund" in the Middle Ages. The island of Eigerøy was called "Eikund" in the Middle Ages. The name of this island indicates rich deposits of high-quality oak wood used for shipbuilding, as the word "eik" is the Norwegian word for "oak." Eikund and Eikundarsund were some of the oldest geographical names in Norway and are already found in the [[Óláfs saga helga]], written in the 13th century by the Icelandic author [[Snorri Sturluson]].