sóknbára

Old Norse

Etymology

Kenning of sókn (“battle, undertaking”) +‎ bára (“wave”).

Noun

sóknbára f

1. blood
   • c. 12th century, Háttalykill inn forni (attributed to Rögnvald Kali Kolsson of Orkney and Hall Þórarinsson in the Orkneyinga saga), verse 66:

     vann blóðroðin benja / benflœðr skolat rœði, / sóknbára gat sára / sárvǫrm þvegit árar.

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