 Jarisleif: Encyclopedia - Culture of NärkeNärke, is a province in Central Sweden, which historically formed part of Svealand. The name of the province is partly derived from an old name for the people of the province, the Njarar (Njars) or Nerikjar (today Närkingar). The root nari, neri is cognate to English narrow and refers to the narrow inlets that caracterized the geography, a tribe that is also mentioned in the lay of Völund (Weyland the Smith):
"When the Lord of the Njars, Nidud, heard
That Völund sat i ...
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