Answer:
Both old people and owls are said to be possessing this trait
My first is in blood and also in battle. My second is in acorn, oak, and apple. My third and fourth are both the same. In the center of sorrow and twice in refrain. My fifth starts eternity ending here. My last is the first of last, Oh Dear.
I am the yellow hem of the sea's blue skirt.
This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountains down.
Do what he says and you'll be fine, don't and you lose the game.
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?