Definitions for: Kenning


[n] conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: figure, figure of speech, image, trope

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