Fýrisvellir, Fyris Wolds or Fyrisvallarna was a swampy plain (vellir) that was located south of Gamla Uppsala, Sweden where travelers moored their ships to go to the Upsala temple and the royal residence.
EtymologyThe name derives from the old Norse Fyrva which means "reflow" which refers to partially flooded lands and which today corresponds to the dry and dry land of the modern city of Upsala.
In the Middle Ages, there was a royal square called Førisæng ("meadow of Fyris"), near the aforementioned plain. The lakes of Övre Föret, "Upper Fyri", and Nedre Föret, "Lower Fyri", are testimonial remains of the swamp and the modern version of the Fyri (the -t suffix is a definite article that lakes always borrow from modern Swedish). The plain adjoins the river Fyris (Fyrisån), which was baptized in the 17th century to make the connection between the river and the Nordic sagas more evident. History and legend
In Scandinavian mythology, the battle between Haki and Hugleik took place on that plain, and also the fight between Haki and the legendary King Jorund. It is also the place where the battle of Fýrisvellir took place between Erico the Victorious and his nephew Styrbjörn the Strong, in the 10th century.
According to the legend of Hrólfr Kraki that appears in diverse sources, Hrólfr scattered the gold in the plain while he and his men escaped from the army of king Adils; the soldiers dismounted to collect the gold and in the skaldic poetry this fact is known with the kenning the seed of Fýrisvellir.
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