kenning
(noun) conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Kenning (plural Kennings)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kenning is the 30701st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 759 individuals. Kenning is most common among White (95.92%) individuals.
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.
• (sight, view; range of vision): ken
kenning
present participle of ken.
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.
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.
kenning (plural kennings)
(Northern England) A dry measure equivalent to half a bushel; a container with that capacity.
Source: Wiktionary
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, 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
17 December 2024
(verb) treat with excessive indulgence; “grandparents often pamper the children”; “Let’s not mollycoddle our students!”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
