Definition of "kenning" in Anglais

noun

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

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

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

   • put in a kenning of salt

verb

1. present participle and gerund of ken.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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