Oddr, blóðvarta ok benknúar,
blóðrefill, blóðvarp ok blóðiða,
blóðvaka, ljúgfengr ok blóðhnefi,
iðvarp ok brandr, eggteinar, folk.
Oddr, blóðvarta ok benknúar, blóðrefill, blóðvarp ok blóðiða, blóðvaka, ljúgfengr ok blóðhnefi, iðvarp ok brandr, eggteinar, folk.
Point, blóðvarta and wound-knuckles, sword-point, blood-warp and blood-eddy, blood-wake, fail-striking one and blood-fist, repeated-warp and blade, edge-rims, army.
[5] blóðvaka: blóðvarta A, ‘[…]’ B, om. 744ˣ
[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.