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Noun: kenning  ke-ning
  1. Conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
Verb: ken (kenned,kenning)  ken
Usage: UK, dialect
  1. (Scottish) know

Derived forms: kennings

Type of: figure, figure of speech, image, trope

Encyclopedia: Kenning, George

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