HyperDic: kenning

English > 1 sense of the word *kenning*:
NOUN	communication	kenning	conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry

kenning > pronunciation
Sounds	keh'nihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *kenning*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry.
Broader	trope, figure of speech, figure, image	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Spanish	kenning