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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

of leadership" in Norway. Kenning received the Knight, First Class Order of St. Olav for his work in Norway. "Geo. Kenning, Son of Former Resident Honored...

"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...

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...

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...

Ken Brown or Kenny Brown may refer to: Ken Brown (filmmaker) (born 1944), American filmmaker, photographer, cartoonist, and designer Ken Brown (footballer)...

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

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

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

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...

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...

Kenneth "Ken" Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by William Roache. He was created by Tony Warren...

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...

the modern sense, heiti are distinguished from kennings in that a heiti is a simple word, whereas a kenning is a circumlocution in the form of a phrase or...

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ken Burns. Wikiquote has quotations related to Ken Burns. Ken Burns at IMDb Ken Burns on PBS Ken Burns bibliography...

Ken or Kenneth Williams may refer to: Ken Williams (baseball) (1890–1959), American baseball outfielder Kenneth Williams (New Zealand cricketer) (1882–1920)...

Ken Eto (衛藤 健 Etō Ken; October 19, 1919 – January 23, 2004), also known as Tokyo Joe and "The Jap", was an American mobster with the Chicago Outfit and...