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kenning
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Kenning
• (v. t.) Range of sight. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ken • (v. t.) The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/kenning/
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kenning
concise compound or figurative phrase replacing a common noun, especially in Old Germanic, Old Norse, and Old English poetry. A kenning is commonly a ... [4 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/21
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Kenning
A kenning (Old Norse: kenning, Modern Icelandic pronunciation: cʰɛnːiŋk) is a type of literary trope, specifically circumlocution, in the form of a compound (usually two words, often hyphenated) that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun. Kennings are strongly... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning
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kenning
a compound word in Old English poetry that replaces the usual name for something, often involving metonymy. Found op http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic
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kenning
In Anglo-Saxon and Norse literature, a figure of speech in which a descriptive phrase is used to refer to people or objects. Well-known examples (from the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf) include banhus (bone house) for body, hron rad (whale road) for sea, and helmberend Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0089376.html
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Kenning
[volume] At this category belonge the duty free zones of Europe. ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning_(volume)
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kenning
1) Figure 2) Figure of speech 3) Image 4) Trope Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/kenning/1
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