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1. kenning
noun. ['ˈkɛnɪŋ'] conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry.
Antonyms
Etymology
- ken (English)
Rhymes with Kenning
- misrepresenting
- representing
- clendenning
- preventing
- consenting
- resenting
- dissenting
- drenning
- buening
- brenning
- wenning
- venning
- pfenning
- penning
- menning
- lenning
- jenning
- henning
- denning
- benning
- bening
- behning
Sentences with kenning
1. Verb, gerund or present participle
A kenning substitutes two hyphenated words for another, as in “battle-sweat” for blood.
2. Noun, singular or mass
A kenning is type of metaphorical description that uses a compound noun to refer indirectly to a simple noun.
