kenning

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of ken.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Sight, view; specifically a distant view at sea.
2. (obsolete) The range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
3. As little as one can discriminate or recognize; a small portion, a little.

Noun

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

Noun

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.

Noun

A dry measure equivalent to half a bushel; a container with that capacity.

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Translations

كينينج

verstehend

Kenning

kenning

kennings

kenning

kenning

çok küçük miktar

farketme

işaret

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɛnɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: kenning

Inherited from Old English: cennan

Cognate with Danish: kending

In summary

From Middle English kenning, kening (“instruction, teaching; experience, knowledge; sight, view”), from kennen (“to make known, point out, reveal; to direct, instruct, teach; to know, perceive”) + -ing. Kennen is derived from Old English cennan (“to make known, declare”), from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to make known”), the causative form of *kunnaną (“to know, be familiar with, recognize; to be able to, know how”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).
Compare Danish kending (“acquaintance”), and see further at ken. By surface analysis, ken + -ing.