Fyrisvellir

Fyrisvellir, Fyris Wolds, or Fyrisvallarna, was the marshy plain (vellir) south of Gamla Uppsala where travellers had to leave the ships on the river Fyris (Fyrisån) and walk to the Temple at Uppsala and the hall of the Swedish king.

The name is related to, or derived from, Old Norse Fyrva which meant "to ebb" and it referred to the partially inundated soggy plains that today are dry farmland and the modern town of Uppsala.

In mediaeval times, a royal estate called Førisæng, "Fyris meadow", was located near this field.

[citation needed] In Skaldic poetry, gold was often referred to with the kenning the seed of the Fyris Wolds.

[citation needed] This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.