• related heiti. A kenning has two parts: a base-word (also known as a head-word) and a determinant. For example, the base-word of the kenning "íss rauðra randa"...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Michael John Kenning (born 18 August 1940 in Erdington, Warwickshire, England), is an English footballer who played as a winger in the Football League...
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  • A kenning (Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead...
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  • Kendall Kenneth, includes a list of people and places named Kenneth or Ken Kenning (disambiguation) Kenny (disambiguation), includes a list of people named...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • George Kenning may refer to: George Kenning (business consultant), American George Kenning (entrepreneur), English This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    Þrúðr (section Kennings)
    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...
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