Editing Tysnes (section)

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Tysnes'' farm ({{langx|non|Týsnes}}) since the first [[Tysnes Church]] was built there. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the name of the [[Old Norse]] god [[Týr]]. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "[[headland]]".<ref name="OR" />

This is probably the only place in [[Norway]] named after the god Týr. Several place names around the farm also have sacred meanings: ''Ve'' (holy place), ''Helgastein'' (holy rock), ''Godøy'' (the god's island), and ''Vevatnet'' (the [[holy lake]]). The old name of the big island of Tysnesøy was ''Njarðarlǫg'' (the district of the god [[Njord]]). Recently, a sun phenomenon connected to the original Tysnes headland has been discovered, and this seems to be the starting-point of the sacral name complex.<ref name="OR">{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ud5LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt |date=1910 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=11 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=169–171 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>