Fyrisvellir

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title: Fyrisvellir
text: 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 lo
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description: Marshy plain near the Temple at Uppsala
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyrisvellir
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date modified: 2023-04-23T00:23:07Z
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