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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

KENNINGS CREATED BY STUDENTS- EXAMPLES

 Some of the kennings created by the students in a third class

WHAT's a kenning?


 A kenning is a figure of speech, a roundabout, two-word phrase used in the place of a one-word noun,  especially in Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon poetry, such as “a wave traveler” for “a boat.”

Kennings were first used in Anglo-Saxon and Norse poetry. The famous Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf uses many kennings, for example:
 


  • Body – bone-house
  • Sword – battle-light
  • Ship – wave-floater
  • Sea – whale-road


music- hear- art



television -image -machine



television -eye- chewing gum


fireman -people -savior



fireman -fire- water

firemen -flames- warriors

love -heart -sickness

police peace-holder



a teacher -culture -sponge

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