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kenning (root: ken)

Noun

ken=ning

WORDNET DICTIONARY

kenning(n = noun.communication) - conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry;

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

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

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

Etymology

ME, = 'teaching' etc. f. KEN

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