kenning
Kelime Anlamı :
1. "deniz' yerine "balina yolu' gibi.
2. eski Germen şiirinde her hangi bir şeyin yerine kullanılan metafor.
3. iz.
4. farketme.
5. bilerek.
6. bilme.
7. bil.
8. işaret.
9. İskoç çok küçük miktar.
10. bilmek.
Tanımlar :
1.
A figurative, usually compound expression used in place of a name or noun, especially in old english and old norse poetry; for example, storm of swords is a kenning for battle.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
sight; view; a distant view at sea.
2. range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
3. as little as one can recognise or discriminate; a small portion; a little.
4. present participle of ken.
5. the tread of an egg; cicatricula.
6. A metaphorical phrase used in germanic poetry (especially old english or old norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way, such as ‘whale road’ for ‘sea’, or ‘enemy of the mast’ for ‘wind’.
2. range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
3. as little as one can recognise or discriminate; a small portion; a little.
4. present participle of ken.
5. the tread of an egg; cicatricula.
6. A metaphorical phrase used in germanic poetry (especially old english or old norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way, such as ‘whale road’ for ‘sea’, or ‘enemy of the mast’ for ‘wind’.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
range of sight.
2. the limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.
2. the limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
sight; view; especially, a distant view at sea.
2. range or extent of vision, especially at sea; hence, a marine measure of about twenty miles.
3. as little as one can recognize or discriminate; a small portion; a little: as, put in a kenning of salt.
4. the cicatricula or tread of an egg. also kinning.
5. in old norse, anglo-saxon, and other old teutonic poetry, a distinctive poetical name, usually periphrastic in form, used in addition to, or substituted for, the usual name of a thing or person.
2. range or extent of vision, especially at sea; hence, a marine measure of about twenty miles.
3. as little as one can recognize or discriminate; a small portion; a little: as, put in a kenning of salt.
4. the cicatricula or tread of an egg. also kinning.
5. in old norse, anglo-saxon, and other old teutonic poetry, a distinctive poetical name, usually periphrastic in form, used in addition to, or substituted for, the usual name of a thing or person.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in old english and old norse poetry
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.