sóknbára
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Kenning of sókn (“battle, undertaking”) + bára (“wave”).
Noun[edit]
sóknbára f
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 12th century, Háttalykill inn forni (attributed to Rögnvald Kali Kolsson of Orkney and Hall Þórarinsson in the Orkneyinga saga), verse 66: