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Found 1 definition: kenning.

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Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun kenning has 1 senses

   kenning(n = noun.communication) - conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry;
is a kind of
figure, figure of speech, image, trope


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

kenning, n. [See Ken, v. t.].

1.  Range of sight. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2.  The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

kenning, n. a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry, e.g. oar-steed = ship.

Etymology:
ME, = 'teaching' etc. f. KEN