Look up: kenning


  1. Kenning
    [unit] A kenning is an obsolete unit of dry measure in the imperial system, equal to two pecks or half a bushel. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning_(unit)

  2. Kenning
    A periphrastic compound whereby two or more nouns are used to replace another noun e.g. 'oar-steed' for ship or 'whale-road' for sea. Kenning was commonly used in Old English or Old Norse verse and is often metonymic in character.
    Found op http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm

  3. kenning
    [n] - conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=kenning

  4. Kenning
    a compound expression used in Old English and Norse poetry, which named something without using its name, for example mouse catcher = cat. Anglo-Saxons often used kennings to name their swords: death bringer. A poem made of kennings would be a list of such expressions about one subject: MY DOG ankl...
    Found op http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/literacy/63285/nls_fw

  5. Kenning
    Ken'ning noun [ See Ken , transitive verb ] 1. Range of sight. [ Obsolete] Bacon. 2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/5

  6. kenning
    1. Range of sight. ... 2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles. ... See: Ken. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?kenning

  7. kenning
    noun conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=kenning



  1. 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/

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Kenning
    [volume] At this category belonge the duty free zones of Europe. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning_(volume)

  7. 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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