kenning

noun

(poetry) A metaphorical compound or phrase, used especially in Germanic poetry (Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.

(Northern England) A dry measure equivalent to half a bushel; a container with that capacity.

As little as one can discriminate or recognize; a small portion, a little.

A surname.

(obsolete) The range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.

(obsolete) Sight, view; specifically a distant view at sea.

(zoology, obsolete, rare) A chalaza or tread of an egg (a spiral band attaching the yolk of the egg to the eggshell); a cicatricula.

Roots

cennanken- · Old English · know, make known

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