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单词 kenning
释义 ken·ning
I. \ˈkeniŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of kennen to ken — more at ken
1. obsolete : range of sight : view
2. chiefly Scotland
 a. : cognition, recognition
 b. : a perceptible but small amount : little
  < his father was … a kenning on the wrong side of the law — R.L.Stevenson >
II. noun
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Etymology: Old Norse, from kenna to perceive, know, name, name with a kenning + -ing — more at ken
: a metaphorical compound word or phrase used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
 < Germanic verse … laid main stress upon the trope known as kenning; the ocean is the “whale's bath”, the “foaming fields”, the “sea-street” — F.B.Gummere >
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