noun. 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.

noun. The cicatricula or tread of an egg. Also kinning.

noun. 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.

noun. Sight; view; especially, a distant view at sea.

noun. Range or extent of vision, especially at sea; hence, a marine measure of about twenty miles.

noun. As little as one can recognize or discriminate; a small portion; a little: as, put in a kenning of salt.

noun. Range of sight.

noun. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.

noun. The tread of an egg; cicatricula.

noun. 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’.

noun. Sight; view; a distant view at sea.

noun. Range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.

noun. As little as one can recognise or discriminate; a small portion; a little.

verb. Present participle of ken.

noun. conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry