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		Kennings are especially associated with the practice of alliterative verse, where they tend to become traditional fixed formulas.
		A list of kennings may be consulted for reference purposes.
		A kenning is also an old measure of volume in the Imperial system, equal to two pecks or half of one bushel.
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	List of kennings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kennings relating to a particular character in the relevant literature are associated with the appropriate article, e.g.
		The kenning derives from the story in which all plants and creatures swore never to harm Baldur, save the mistletoe which was overlooked and which Loki used to bring about Baldur's death by tricking Hodur.
		slayer of giants, life webs (fjörnets) is a kenning in its own right since it refers directly to the operations of the Norns in severing lives, flight-edges (flugstalla) being the high and dangerous places inhabited by eagles and hawks, i.e.
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	Kenning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A good knowledge of mythology was necessary in order to understand the kennings, which is one of the reasons why Snorri Sturluson composed the Younger Edda as a work of reference for aspiring poets.
		We carried the seeds of the Fyrisvellir on the mountains of the hawks during all of Hakon's life; now the enemy of the people has hidden the flour of Fródi's hapless slaves in the flesh of the mother of the enemy of the giantesses.
		The root "ken" is still used in Scandinavian (känna) and in German (kennen) whereas its English use is restricted to Scots and the North of England.
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		This is a list of reference tables, similar to the collection of reference tables found at the back of almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias(or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
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	sv Kenning In literature literature a kenning is a compound...
		Kennings are especially associated with the practice of alliterative verse alliterative verse, where they tend to become traditional fixed formulas.
		A list of kennings list of kennings may be consulted for reference purposes.
		A "kenning" is also an old measure measure of volume volume in the Imperial system Imperial system, equal to two peck pecks or half of one bushel bushel.
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	Old Norse poetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Norse mythology the story of Odin bringing the mead of poetry to Asgard is an indicator of the significance of poetry within the contemporary Nordic cultures.
		Old Norse poetry is characterised by alliteration, a poetic vocabulary expanded by heiti, and use of kennings.
		Kennings are used sparingly and opaque ones are rare.
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	Syd Allan -- Beowulf: Kennings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Similarly "sea of beasts" is a kenning for "earth": earth is the abiding-place of beasts, as the sea is of fish.
		Hildenædre, "battle-adder," is a kenning for "arrow" or "javelin" (Elene, Judith); garbeam, "spear-tree," is a kenning for "warrior" (Exodus).
		The essence of the kenning is the incongruity between its referent and that which it is called in the base-word, and an artificial resolution of the incongruity through the choice of limiting word.
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	List of kennings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kennings relating to a particular character in therelevant literature are associated with the appropriate article, e.g.
		the article relating to Odin has a list of kennings with which Odin is associated or by which he is known; only the less obvious ones aregiven beneath.
		The kenning derives from the story in which all plants and creatures swore never to harm Baldur, save the mistletoe which wasoverlooked and which Loki used to bring about Baldur's death by tricking Hodur.
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	Kenning article - Kenning poetic literature Old English Beowulf Norse Norse English Celtic - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		Ull, the onion of war means "warrior" and refers to king Harald.
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	The Kenning Game: An Introduction
		Kennings are an old Norse poetic device based on the analogy.
		Some kennings do come out strangely, but one thing we are after in art is the novel viewpoint.
		This means that one could retain the formal structure of a kenning like ((a b) (c d)) without abandoning grammaticality in the language, and vice versa.
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	Old English - Devices of Anglo Saxon Poetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Have students examine this 11th grade class' list of kennings.
		The teacher may wish to evaluate the kennings worksheet by simply calculating the number of examples attempted with a creative combination.
		Upon completion of the the kennings worksheet, students may create a children's book from their kennings.
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		When finished with your kennings list, work in a small group and interpret each other's kennings.
		Be prepared to present your best kennings to the class.
		Complete your kennings list by filling in people and/or objects that each kenning represents.
	www.ca.southern.edu /kennedy/beowulfactivitykennings.html (96 words)

	Questlines: Heortling Poetry! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kennings are one of several poetic devices used by Heortling skalds and storytellers.
		Deriving from Norse and Anglo-Saxon poetry, a kenning is a riddling reference to one item or concept which does not name it directly, but rather suggests it by the elliptical way in which the subject is spoken of.
		Three lists of things Gloranthan; the Hero Wars where things are begun, the Rules where extended contests take place, and the Digest to which all things are taken.
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	Kenning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A compound word or phrase similar to an epithet, but which involves a multi-noun replacement for a single noun, such as wave traveller for boat or whale-path for ocean,, used especially in Old English, Old Norse and early Teutonic poetry.
		A type of periphrasis, some kennings are instances of metonymy or synecdoche.
		Milton used the kenning, day-star, for sun, in Lycidas.
	www.community.k12.mo.us /school/staff/bertels/abcpoetry/kenning.htm (85 words)

	Skáldskaparmál (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Skáldskaparmál or 'language of poetry' is effectively a dialogue between the Norse god of the sea, King Ægir and Bragi, the god of poetry, in which both Norse mythology and discourse on the nature of poetry are intertwined.
		The origin of a number of kennings are given and Bragi then delivers a systematic list of kennings for various people, places and things.
		Bragi then goes on to discuss poetic language in some detail, in particular heiti, the concept of poetical words which are non-periphrastic e.g.
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	List of kennings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Serpents (and dragons) were reputed to lie upon gold in their nests
		felli fjörnets goða flugstalla (source: Thorsdrapa), is a compound kenning.
		A very likely kenning for Bodvar Bjarke whose name means "battle bear", and who is the analogue of Beowulf in Scandinavian sources
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	List of kennings -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		List of kennings -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		A list of (Conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry) kennings follows.
		A very likely kenning for (Click link for more info and facts about Bödvar Bjarki) Bödvar Bjarki whose name means "battle bear", and who is the analogue of Beowulf in Scandinavian sources
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		Students will be able to identify alliteration and kennings.
		Working with a partner, list three examples for each of the five characteristics of an epic hero for Beowulf and his men.
		Many cultures produced poems to celebrate their heroes and to express the values and customs of their civiklizations.
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	Peter's Edda (ver. 2.0) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		his is a list of names of gods and elves, giants and dwarfs, animals and monsters, firstly from the myths of the poetic edda, but also of Snorri's edda.
		his list was originally made in Swedish, and I haven't translated all of it yet.
		In his list of kennings and heitis he says that Fjörgyn is another name for earth [Skm(vers252)], and...
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		Give students a setting, protagonist, goal, barrier, and resolution and have them create short stories.
		You might want to have them brainstorm a list of settings etc. and keep them on-hand for "filler" time.
		People in ancient England played a word game by putting words together to make what they called "kennings." A whale might become a "proud sea-thrasher," a ship might become a "sea-steed," and a man's sword might be called his "dragon-destroyer."
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