For instance, the Anglo-Saxon kenning "whale's road" (hron rade) means "sea", as does swanrād ("swan's road"). A kenning has two parts: a base-word (also...

Look up kenning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kenning is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse and later Icelandic poetry...

A kenning (Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead...

River; West side: Little Joe Creek, Seguin River. The Kenning River originates at the mouth of Kenning Lake (length: 0.9 metres (2 ft 11 in); elevation: 309...

firm had a turnover of £20m. Kenning was also active as a local councillor and benefactor. He was knighted in 1943. Kenning was born in 1880. His father...

Kendall Kenneth, includes a list of people and places named Kenneth or Ken Kenning (disambiguation) Kenny (disambiguation), includes a list of people named...

George Kenning may refer to: George Kenning (business consultant), American George Kenning (entrepreneur), English This disambiguation page lists articles...

Charles Ethan Kenning (born August 19, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter and musician who performed as George Edwards when...

In 1947 George Kenning acquired Spencer & Co, and were themselves acquired by Toye & Co in 1956. The current brand name of Toye, Kenning & Spencer was...

Edda book Skáldskaparmál (4) tells that Thor can be referred to by the kenning "father of Þrúðr" (faðir Þrúðar). Eysteinn Valdason uses it in his poem...

in Pembroke, Ontario, the son of Richard W. Kenning and Charlotte Gibson, and was educated there. Kenning served in the Canadian Machine Gun Corps and...

KenKen and KenDoku are trademarked names for a style of arithmetic and logic puzzle invented in 2004 by Japanese math teacher Tetsuya Miyamoto, who intended...

Michael John Kenning (born 18 August 1940 in Erdington, Warwickshire, England), is an English footballer who played as a winger in the Football League...

"elf-beam", "elf-disc" or "elf-glory, elf-heaven") is a term and common kenning in Norse mythology. It is ambiguous, referring both to the sun-chariot...

as his father, Ken Griffey Sr., made his MLB debut on August 25, 1973 for the Reds. Ken Jr. was only three years old at the time. Ken Jr. was in the clubhouse...

Turnhout: Brepols, p. 237. “The warrior-kenning in the second helmingr is the most complex extended kenning in the extant corpus of skaldic poetry.”...

Savage, lead singer Joe Elliott, guitarist Pete Willis and drummer Tony Kenning. The band currently consists of Savage and Elliott alongside drummer Rick...

KENS (channel 5) is a television station in San Antonio, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located...

kenning Li sula luis (.i. caertheand) ar ailleacht a caer "[delightful] for eye is luis (i.e. rowan) owing to the beauty of its berries" the kenning "for...

Ken Takakura (Japanese: 高倉 健, Hepburn: Takakura Ken), born Goichi Oda (小田 剛一, Oda Gōichi, February 16, 1931 – November 10, 2014), was a Japanese actor...

2024) was an American actor and cabaret singer who created the part of Ken in the original Broadway production of Ain't Misbehavin' and played Old Deuteronomy...

Ken Kelly may refer to: Ken Kelly (artist) (1946–2022), American fantasy artist Ken Kelly (rugby league) (born 1952), English rugby league footballer...

Ken's Foods is a privately held food manufacturing company located in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Ken's primary products are salad dressings, sauces,...

first two kennings could be explained by the main use of sulphur as dye, and its alchemical significance, respectively. The third kenning could be a...

apparently uses the kenning "son of Fornjót" as a synonym of 'fire', and another skald only known under the name Svein appears to use the kenning "ugly sons of...

Methodist Church in Clay Cross. Kenning also provided a recreation ground for use by the people of Clay Cross. This was named "Kenning Park" and is located on...

wife the goddess Sif is either herself called "Járnsaxa" or called by a kenning meaning "the rival of Járnsaxa", throwing confusion on whether Sif is or...

saga ok Hálfsrekka and, as recorded in the Prose Edda þulur, is also a kenning applied to foxes. It is a large beast. Finnur Jónsson (1931:67). Finnur...

than he has written. Snorri also gives Skilfing as a kenning for "king" and it appears as a kenning for "sword" in the thulur found in some versions of...

Kenneth Sean "Ken" Carson Jr. is a fashion doll introduced by American toy company Mattel in 1961 as the counterpart of Barbie, who had been introduced...