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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