About The Word Kenning
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Kenning
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What's The Definition Of Kenning?
[n] conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
Synonyms | Synonyms for Kenning: Related Terms | Find terms related to Kenning: See Also | figure | figure of speech | image | trope Kenning In Webster's Dictionary \Ken"ning\, n. [See {Ken}, v. t.]
1. Range of sight. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about
twenty miles.
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