That token happened as Gunnar and his brother rode up towards
Rangriver, that much blood burst out on the bill.
Kolskegg asked what that might mean.
Gunnar says, "If such tokens took place in other lands, it was
called `wound-drops,' and Master Oliver told me also that this
only happened before great fights."
So they rode on till they saw men sitting by the river on the
other side, and they had tethered their horses.