Associations to the word «Kenning»
Noun
Wiktionary
KENNING, noun. (obsolete) Sight; view; a distant view at sea.
KENNING, noun. (obsolete) Range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
KENNING, noun. As little as one can recognise or discriminate; a small portion; a little.
KENNING, verb. Present participle of ken
KENNING, noun. The tread of an egg; cicatricula.
KENNING, noun. A metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry (especially Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way, such as ‘whale road’ for ‘sea’, or ‘enemy of the mast’ for ‘wind’.
Dictionary definition
KENNING, noun. Conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry.
Wise words
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there
is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to
take away.