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Definition kenning

Etymology 1

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-Germanic *kannijan? (�to make known�), the causative form of *kunnan? (�to know, be familiar with, recognize; to be able to, know how�), from Proto-Indo-European *?neh?- (�to know�). Compare Danish kending (�acquaintance�), and see further at ken.

Noun

kenning (plural kennings)

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.

Verb

kenning

1. present participle of ken.

Etymology 2

From ken (�to beget, bring forth�), from Middle English kennen (�to beget, conceive (offspring); to give birth to�), from Old English cennan, gecennan (�to beget (offspring); to give birth to; to bring forth, produce�); see further at etymology 1.

Noun

kenning (plural kennings)

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

Etymology 3

From Old Norse kenning, from kenna (�to know; to perceive�), from Proto-Germanic *kannijan? (�to make known�); see further at etymology 1. Compare can, keen, ken.

Noun

kenning (plural kennings)

1. (poetry) A metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry (especially Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.

Etymology 4

Origin unknown.

Noun

kenning (plural kennings)

1. (Northern England) A dry measure equivalent to half a bushel; a container with that capacity.

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