Kenning Definition
As little as one can recognise or discriminate; a small portion; a little.
The tread of an egg; cicatricula.
Present participle of ken.
Other Word Forms of Kenning
Noun
Origin of Kenning
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From Old Norse, from kenna (“know, perceive”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, causative of *kunnaną (“to know how”). Compare can, ken, keen.
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From Middle English, derivative of Middle English kennen (“to know, perceive”). Compare Danish kjending (“acquaintance”). More at ken.
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Old Norse from kenna to know, to name with a kenning gnō- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From ken (“to beget, bring forth”).
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