Pronounced: [as it looks], noun
Notes: Not the meaning I thought
Yesterday’s word
The word kenning is “a figurative, usually compound, expression used to describe something. As an example, the use of “whale road” to mean an ocean.
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1300s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from the Old Norse word kenna (to know). Kennings were used quite a bit in poetry written in Old Norse and Old English.
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