Kenning
Old Icelandic Dictionary - kenningMeaning of Old Icelandic word "kenning" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
kenning Old Icelandic word can mean:
- kenning
- (pl. -ar), f.
- kenning
- 1) teaching, doctrine, lesson, esp. of preaching; kenna ~ar, to preach;
- kenning
- 2) mark of recognition;
- kenning
- 3) a poetical penphrasis or descriptive name.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚾᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- pl.
- plural.
- esp.
- especially.
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