Kennings

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 * Kennings**

__Definition__: (noun) A metaphorical phrase used in Anglo-Saxon poetry to replace a concrete noun.

__Example__: "//So summer's sentinel, the cuckoo, sings in his murmuring voice, and our hearts mourn.//" [[|Listen to audio]]

Example: A periphrastic compound whereby two or more nouns are used to replace another noun e.g. 'oar-steed' for ship or 'whale-road' for sea. Kenning was commonly used in Old English or Old Norse verse and is often metonymic in character.

//Definition and example source:// Kinsella, Kate, et al. __Prentice Hall Literature:The British Tradition__. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.