Kenning

['kenɪŋ] or ['kɛnɪŋ]

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

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(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ken

(v. t.) Range of sight.

(v. t.) The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.

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