[5] blóðvaka (f.) ‘blood-wake’: The first element of this cpd is blóð n. ‘blood’ and the second is vaka f. ‘wake, watch’ (cf. ModIcel. blóðvaka ‘bleeding’). According to Falk (1914b, 11 n. 1), the word probably denotes a sword’s point (see also SnE 1998, II, 247). Cf. vekja blóð ‘awaken blood’, i.e. make blood flow. The word does not occur elsewhere as a term for a part of a sword.