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noun - conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
noun - a metaphorical compound word or phrase
KENNING - A kenning (Old Norse pronunciation: [cng], Modern Icelandic pronunciation: [cnik]) is a type of circumlocution, in the form of a compound that emplo...
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| According to Scots, a small portion of S. London area being out of fashion |
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| Jul 25 2003 The Times - Cryptic |
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| A figurative, usually compound expression used in place of a name or noun, especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry for example, storm of swords is a kenning for battle. |
| a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning, e.g. ioar-steedi ship. |
| conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry |
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A kenning (Old Norse pronunciation: [cng], Modern Icelandic pronunciation: [cnik]) 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 Old English poetry. * They usually consist of two words, and are often hyphenated. For example, Old Norse poets might replace sverð "sword" with an abstract compound such as "wound-hoe" (Egill Skallagrímsson: Höfuðlausn 8) or a genitive phrase such as randa íss "ice of shields" (Einarr Skúlason: 'Øxarflokkr' 9). Modern scholars have also applied the term kenning to similar figures of speech in other languages, especially Old English. |