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The Old Norse term kenning (kenningar, derived from ON kenna, Germanic *kannja-, ‘to make known’), describes a figure of speech, viz. the periphrasis of a noun by another, usually a complex NP consisting of a noun and an adnominal noun in the genitive or a compound noun. Kennings occur from early Greek literature onward both as lexicalized compounds, such as φερέοικος ‘carrying one’s house’ = ‘snail’ (Hes. Op. 571+), πέντοζος ‘having five branches’ = ‘hand’ and others, and occur in most literary genres, such as epic, lyric poetry, drama, etc.
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