Kenning (4881 bytes)
1: ...''kenning''' as a [[poetry|poetic]] notion. See [[Kenning (disambiguation)]] for other meanings.''
3: In [[literature]], a '''kenning''' is a compound poetic phrase substituted for th...
5: ...ish]] and [[Celtic mythology|Celtic]] literature. Kennings are especially associated with the practice of [...
7: ...ythology was necessary in order to understand the kennings, which is one of the reasons why [[Snorri Sturlu...
20: ...ves'' means "gold" and in order to understand the kenning, we need to know [[Grottisöng]] and the legend of...

Kenning (disambiguation) (273 bytes)
1: *In [[literature]], a [[kenning]] is a compound poetic phrase substituted for the...
2: *A '''kenning''' is an old [[measure]] of [[volume]] in the [[I...

Skagull (626 bytes)
1: ... as ''Skögul's wind'' and ''Skögul's storm''. The kenning ''Skögul's shirt'' meant "chainmail".

Hugin and Munin (986 bytes)
1: ...into his ears. It is from these ravens that the [[kenning]] 'raven-god' for Odin is derived.
3: ...rd for memory, ''minni'', a word which became a [[kenning]] for a toast to someone's memory at, for example...

Heiti (273 bytes)
1: ...' is a word used to describe a form of [[kennings|kenning]], particularly with reference to a by-name for o...

Helblindi (291 bytes)
3: Helblindi is also a [[kenning]] used to describe [[Odin]].

Fulla (498 bytes)
5: In a [[kennings|kenning]] gold is said "Fulla's ribbon".

Germanic king (1894 bytes)
17: ... king, such as '''Breaker of Rings''' which was a kenning used in ''[[Beowulf]]'' and it referred to a king...

Epithet (2079 bytes)
5: ...appears in works such as Beowulf. An example of a kenning would be the term ''[[whale-road]]''.

List of kennings (6892 bytes)
1: A list of [[kenning]]s follows.
5: ...ful sources and references for further studies of kennings:
6: :Meissner's "Die Kenningar der Skalden" (1921)
9: ...g. the article relating to [[Odin]] has a list of kennings with which Odin is associated or by which he is ...
12: <caption>'''Kennings'''</caption>

Peck (747 bytes)
1: ...ent to the US Customary peck). Two pecks make a [[kenning]], and four pecks make a [[bushel]].

Skáldskaparmál (852 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Bragi]] then delivers a systematic [[list of kennings]] for various people, places and things. Bragi t...

Jormungand (1143 bytes)
1: .... the father of Jormungand, is used as a direct [[kenning]] for Loki.

Alfrodull (1150 bytes)
1: ... "glory-of-elves" is a term and common [[kennings|kenning]] in [[Norse mythology]]. It is ambiguous, referr...

Younger Edda (1530 bytes)
1: ...e]], and to grasp the meaning behind the many ''[[kenning]]s'' that were used in the [[skald]]ic tradition....

East Danes (1752 bytes)
1: ...m which was used in the epic ''[[Beowulf]]'' as a kenning for the [[Geats]], the people of [[Götaland]] in ...

Hymiskviða (2044 bytes)
5: ... sources and it contains unusually many [[Kenning|kennings]] for an Eddic poem.

Fyrisvellir (1816 bytes)
16: ...]ic poetry gold was often referred to with the [[kenning]] ''the seed of the Fyris Wolds''.

Scylfing (7552 bytes)
1: ...stern family (incidentally, ''East King'' was a [[kenning]] for Swedish king). In the ''Ættartolur'', (the ...
18: ...ing'' as a kenning for "king" and it appears as a kenning for "sword" in the ''thulur'' found in some versi...

Word play (2044 bytes)
28: *[[kenning]]

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