Kenning

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ken \Ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kenned} (k[e^]nd); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Kenning}.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS.
     cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related
     Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth.
     kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to
     AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See {Can} to be


     able, {Know}.]
     1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or
        Scot.]
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     2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.]
        "We ken them from afar." --Addison
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              'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kenning \Ken"ning\, n. [See {Ken}, v. t.]
     1. Range of sight. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about
        twenty miles.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kenning
       n : conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially
           in Old English and Old Norse poetry

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ken
       n 1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"
            [syn: {cognizance}]
       2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: {sight}]
       [also: {kent}, {kenning}, {kenned}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kenning
       See {ken}