KENNING

kenning

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

KEN

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Kenning (plural Kennings)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kenning is the 30701^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 759 individuals. Kenning is most common among White (95.92%) individuals.

Etymology 1

Noun

kenning (plural kennings)

(obsolete) Sight, view; specifically a distant view at sea.

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

As little as one can discriminate or recognize; a small portion, a little.

Synonyms

• (sight, view; range of vision): ken

Verb

kenning

present participle of ken.

Etymology 2

Noun

kenning (plural kennings)

(zoology, obsolete, rare) A chalaza or tread of an egg (a spiral band attaching the yolk of the egg to the eggshell); a cicatricula.

Etymology 3

Noun

kenning (plural kennings)

(poetry) A metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry (especially Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.

Etymology 4

Noun

kenning (plural kennings)

(Northern England) A dry measure equivalent to half a bushel; a container with that capacity.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ken"ning, n. Etym: [See Ken, v. t.]

1. Range of sight. [Obs.] Bacon.

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

KEN

Ken, n. Etym: [Perh. from kennel.]

Definition: A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang, Eng.]

Ken, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned; p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.] Etym: [OE.kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. sq. root45. See Can to be able, Know.]

1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]

2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] "We ken them from afar." Addison 'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. Shak.

Ken, v. i.

Definition: To look around. [Obs.] Burton.

Ken, n.

Definition: Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. "Beyond his ken." Longfellow. Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension. South. It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men. Trench.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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