a kenning is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in old norse and later icelandic poetry. for example, old norse poets might replace sverð, the regular word for “sword”, with a compound such as ben-grefill “wound-hoe” , or a genitive phrase such as randa íss “ice of shields”
favorite kennings from today’s reading:
bone house = body
heart cage = chest
whale road, swan’s road = ocean
water ropes = icicle
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