Vaʹnoc
. “Young Vanoc of the beardless face
(Fame spoke the youth of Merlin’s race),
Oʹerpowered at Gyneth’s footstool, bled,
His heart’s blood dyed her sandals red.”
Sir Walter Scott: Bridal of Triermain, ii. 25.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.