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Definition of Kennings
1. kenning [n] - See also: kenning
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kennings
Literary usage of Kennings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1900)
"But it will better put Icelandic kennings before an English reader to ... And for
selection I shall confine myself chiefly to the kennings of the poet Egil, ..."
2. Corpus Poeticum Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"A section largely drawn from the court-poets' kennings for ship. 15. Hart. ...
For this section the compiler is indebted to the Encomia kennings for battle ..."
3. Corpus Poeticvm Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue, from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"A section largely drawn from the court-poets' kennings for ship. 15. Hart. ...
For this section the compiler is indebted to the Encomia kennings for battle, ..."
4. Translations from the Icelandic: Being Select Passages Introductory to by William Charles Green (1908)
"The 'kennings' of the older poets were really poetical metaphors: but later bards
... Those curious about kennings may consult the early part of the Corpus ..."
5. Illinois Studies in Language and Literature by University of Illinois (1919)
"The kennings employed are not felt by the poet in their original meaning, ...
As to the origin of the kennings there may be a difference of opinion. ..."
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