"This is an allusion to a legend retold in "Skáldskaparmál" and "Hrólfs saga kraka" in which King Hrolf and his men scattered gold on the plains ("vellir") of the river Fýri south of Gamla Uppsala to delay their pursuers.Fróða fáglýjaðra þýja meldr, "flour of Fróði's hapless slaves", is another kenning for "gold."