Kenning

/ˈkɛnɪŋ/

Synonyms for "kenning" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
chalazacircumlocutioncompound metaphor

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
discernfigurative expressionfigurative phrasegraspknow

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)
metaphornoticeperceivepoetic epithetrecognizetwo-part metaphorunderstand

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

11 entries
cognitionfigurefigure of speechimageknowledgeliterary deviceperceptionpoetic devicerhetorical devicetropeunderstanding

More specific

8 entries
battle kenningcompound metaphordiscernmentepithet phrasefamiliarityinsightrecognitionsea kenning

Collocations

12 entries
Norse kenninganimal kenningbattle kenningpoetic kenningsea kenningthe differencethe factsthe identitythe matterthe planthe truthtwo part kenning

Inflections

3 entries

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Touching the moſt remarkeable things of the Country and our proceeding from the 17 of Auguſt 1585. till the 18. of Iune 1586. we made Roanoack our habitation. The vtmoſt of our diſcouery Southward was Secotan as we eſteemed 80. leagues from Roanoacke. The paſſage from thence was thought a broad ſound within the maine, being without kenning of land, yet full of flats and ſhoulds that our Pinnaſſe could not paſſe, […]

Source: wiktionary

And becauſe in the beginning of my Trouble, when in the midſt of the Tempeſt, I had a kenning of the Harbour, which I hope now by your Majeſty's Favour I am entring into; I made a tender to your Majeſty of two Works, a Hiſtory of England, and a Digeſt of your Laws: as I have performed a Part of the one; ſo I have herewith ſent your Majeſty, by way of an Epiſtle, a New Offer of the other.

Source: wiktionary

"Saul of my pody, put you are wrang there, my friend," answered Robin, with composure; "it is your fat Englishmen that eat up our Scots cattle, puir things." / "I wish there was a summat to eat up their drovers," said another; "a plain Englishman canna make bread without a kenning of them."

Source: wiktionary

Scylley is a Kenning, that is to ſay about an xx. Miles from the very Weſteſte Point of Cornewaulle.

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

More for "kenning"