Editing Týr (section)

=== Toponyms ===
A variety of place names in Scandinavia refer to the god. For example, {{lang|da|Tyrseng}}, in [[Viby J|Viby]], Jutland, Denmark (Old Norse {{lang|non|*Týs eng}}, '{{lang|non|Týr|italic=no}}'s meadow') was once a stretch of meadow near a stream called {{lang|da|Dødeå}} ('stream of the dead' or 'dead stream'). Viby also contained another theonym, {{lang|da|Onsholt}} ("Odin's [[Woodland|Holt]]"), and religious practices associated with Odin and {{lang|non|Týr|italic=no}} may have occurred in these places. A [[Spring (hydrosphere)|spring]] dedicated to [[Holy Niels]] that was likely a Christianization of prior indigenous pagan practice also exists in Viby. {{lang|da|Viby}} may mean 'the settlement by the sacred site'. Archaeologists have found traces of sacrifices going back 2,500 years in Viby.{{sfn|Damm|2005|pp=42–45}}

The forest {{lang|sv|[[Tiveden]]}}, between [[Närke]] and [[Västergötland]], in Sweden, may mean 'Tyr's forest', but its etymology is uncertain, and debated.<ref name=Hellquist-l979-Tiveden/> {{lang|sv|Ti-}} may refer to {{lang|non|týr}} meaning 'god' generally, and so the name may derive from Proto-Indo-European {{lang|ine-x-proto|*[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/deywós|deiwo]]-widus}}, meaning 'the forest of the gods'.<ref name=Hellquist-l979-Tiveden/> According to [[Rudolf Simek]], the existence of a cult of the deity is also evidenced by place names such as {{lang|da|Tislund}} ('{{lang|non|Týr|italic=no}}'s grove'), which is frequent in Denmark, or {{lang|no|[[Tysnes]]}} ('{{lang|non|Týr|italic=no}}'s peninsula') and {{lang|no|Tysnesø}} ('Tysnes island') in Norway, where the cult appears to have been imported from Denmark.{{Sfn|Simek|1996|p=420}}