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| rdfs:comment | - A kenning is a two word phrase (often hyphenated) that employs figurative language in place of a single-word noun. In other words, a kenning is metaphorical two word phrase that takes the place of a normal noun. For example, "blood-ember" is used in place of and meaning the noun "axe". Old Norse, Old English, and Islandic poetry usually makes use of these.
- Le terme kenning (pluriel : kenningar) désigne une figure de style employée principalement dans la poésie scaldique norroise, puis islandaise. L'art du kenning consiste à remplacer un mot par une périphrase à caractère métaphorique. Le terme kenning, bien que d'origine nordique, est encore employé de nos jours pour qualifier ce genre de figures de styles, y compris dans d'autres langues que celles précitées, notamment le Vieil Anglais.
- A kenning (derived from Old Norse) is a type of circumlocution, in the form of compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun. Kennings are strongly associated with Old Norse and later Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon poetry.
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| abstract | - A kenning is a two word phrase (often hyphenated) that employs figurative language in place of a single-word noun. In other words, a kenning is metaphorical two word phrase that takes the place of a normal noun. For example, "blood-ember" is used in place of and meaning the noun "axe". Old Norse, Old English, and Islandic poetry usually makes use of these.
- A kenning (derived from Old Norse) is a type of circumlocution, in the form of compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun. Kennings are strongly associated with Old Norse and later Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon poetry. They usually consist of two words, and are often hyphenated. For example, Old Norse poets might replace sverð, the regular word for “sword”, with a more abstract compound such as “wound-hoe” (Egill Skallagrímsson: Höfuðlausn 8), or a genitive phrase such as randa íss “ice of shields” (Einarr Skúlason: ‘Øxarflokkr’ 9). The term kenning has been applied by modern scholars to similar figures of speech in other languages too, especially Old English.
- Le terme kenning (pluriel : kenningar) désigne une figure de style employée principalement dans la poésie scaldique norroise, puis islandaise. L'art du kenning consiste à remplacer un mot par une périphrase à caractère métaphorique. Le terme kenning, bien que d'origine nordique, est encore employé de nos jours pour qualifier ce genre de figures de styles, y compris dans d'autres langues que celles précitées, notamment le Vieil Anglais.
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