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Kenning : (noun)
1: conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially
in Old English and Old Norse poetry
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ken \Ken\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Kenning.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS.
cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related
Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth.
kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to
AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See Can to be
able, Know.]
1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or
Scot.]
2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.]
``We ken them from afar.'' --Addison
'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Kenning : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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