Kenning definitions

Kenning

1) Exclusively Saxon word 2) Exclusively Anglo word 3) Figure 4) Figure of speech 5) Image 6) Imperial unit 7) Poetic device 8) Trope 9) Word of purely Anglo origin 10) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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Kenning

A kenning (Modern Icelandic pronunciation: cʰɛnːiŋk; derived from Old Norse) is a type of circumlocution, in the form of a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun. Kennings are strongly associated with Old Norse and later Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon poetry. They usually consist of two words, and are...
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning

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Kenning

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

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kenning

a compound word in Old English poetry that replaces the usual name for something, often involving metonymy.
Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic

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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 on 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 on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/21

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Kenning

A form of compounding in Old English, Old Norse, and Germanic poetry. In this poetic device, the poe
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22385

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Kenning

a compound word in Old English poetry that replaces the usual name for something, often involving me
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22429

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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 on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/5

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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 on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm

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kenning

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

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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 ankle biter bone cruncher night howler rabbit catcher ...
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20815

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kenning

noun conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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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 on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221

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kenning

a conventional poetic phrase used for or in addition to the usual name of a person or thing, esp. in Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon verse, as “a wave traveler” for “a boat.”
Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/kenning

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