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Fyrisvellir,
Fyris Wolds, or Fyrisvallarna, was the
marshy plain (vellir)
south of
Gamla Uppsala where travellers had to
leave the
ships on the river...
- The
Battle of
Fýrisvellir was
fought in the 980s on the
plain called Fýrisvellir,
where modern Uppsala is situated,
between King Eric the
Victorious and...
- –
after defeating an
invasion force from the
south in the
Battle of
Fýrisvellir which took
place near Uppsala. A
brother of Eric's
named Olof allegedly...
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against Styrbjörn's
uncle King Eric the
Victorious at the
Battle of the
Fýrisvellir, Uppsala, in 984 or 985,
while trying to take the
crown of
Sweden by...
- "Sala"
river in
Uppland was
changed in the 17th
century in
memory of the
Fyrisvellir battle,
mentioned in the
Icelandic sagas, as it was the
belief that the...
- Eric the Victorious, who
defeated and
killed Styrbjörn at the
Battle of
Fyrisvellir. As with many
figures in the sagas,
doubts have been cast on his existence...
-
Uppsala have been
identified as a
possible match for
Fyrisvellir, the site of the
Battle of
Fyrisvellir in the 980s. Östra Aros was at that time a port town...
- fled with his
Danes to
avoid facing the
Swedish army at the
Battle of
Fýrisvellir. In the wake of Otto I's death,
Harald attacked Saxony in 973. Otto II...
- in
their path (later in the work, this is
referred to as "sowing the
Fyrisvellir"),
although there was a
rumour that she only
spread gilded copper. When...
-
reveals several kennings: "Ullr of the war-l****! We
carried the seed of
Fýrisvellir on our hawk-mountains
during all of Haakon's life; now the
enemy of the...
