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# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[sight|Sight]], [[view#Noun|view]]; ''specifically'' a [[distant]] view at [[sea]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[sight|Sight]], [[view#Noun|view]]; ''specifically'' a [[distant]] view at [[sea]].
#* {{quote-book|author=John Smith|authorlink=John Smith (explorer)|chapter=Sir [[w:Richard Grenville|Richard Grenuills]] Voyage to Virginia, for Sir {{w|Walter Raleigh}}. 1585.|title=The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from Their First Beginning Anº: 1584 to This Present 1626. [...] Divided into Sixe Bookes|location=London|publisher=Printed by I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland] for Edward Blackmore|year=1632|section=1st book|page=5|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/generallhistorie00smit_0#page/5/mode/1up|oclc=55196040|passage=Touching the moſt remarkeable things of the Country and our proceeding from the 17 of ''Auguſt'' 1585. till the 18. of ''Iune'' 1586. we made ''[[w:Roanoke Colony|Roanoack]]'' our habitation. The vtmoſt of our diſcouery Southward was ''{{w|Secotan}}'' as we eſteemed 80. leagues from ''Roanoacke''. The paſſage from thence was thought a broad ſound within the maine, being without '''kenning''' of land, yet full of flats and [[shoals|ſhoulds]] that our Pinnaſſe could not paſſe, {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|author=John Smith|authorlink=John Smith (explorer)|chapter=Sir [[w:Richard Grenville|Richard Grenuills]] Voyage to Virginia, for Sir {{w|Walter Raleigh}}. 1585.|title=The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from Their First Beginning Anº: 1584 to This Present 1626. [...] Divided into Sixe Bookes|location=London|publisher=Printed by I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland] for Edward Blackmore|year=1632|section=1st book|page=5|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/generallhistorie00smit_0#page/5/mode/1up|oclc=55196040|passage=Touching the moſt remarkeable things of the Country and our proceeding from the 17 of ''Auguſt'' 1585. till the 18. of ''Iune'' 1586. we made ''[[w:Roanoke Colony|Roanoack]]'' our habitation. The vtmoſt of our diſcouery Southward was ''{{w|Secotan}}'' as we eſteemed 80. leagues from ''Roanoacke''. The paſſage from thence was thought a broad ſound within the maine, being without '''kenning''' of land, yet full of flats and [[shoals|ſhoulds]] that our Pinnaſſe could not paſſe, {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|author=Francis Bacon|authorlink=Francis Bacon|author2=[[w:Peter Shaw (physician)|Peter Shaw]], compiler|chapter=XXIX. To the King; Presenting the History of ''Henry VII.'' and a Proposal for a New Digest of the Laws of ''England''.|title=The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High-Chancellor of England; Methodized, and Made English, from the Originals. With Occasional Notes, to Explain what is Obscure; and Shew how Far the Several Plans of the Author, for the Advancement of All the Parts of Knowledge, have been Executed to the Present Time. In Three Volumes|location=London|publisher=Printed for J. J. and P. Knapton [''et al.'']|year=1733|volume=I|section=supplement V (Select Letters upon Various Occasions: Relating to the Author’s Life and Writings), section II (Letters Relating to the Author’s Writings)|page=504|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/philosophicalwor01baco#page/504/mode/1up|oclc=1000819545|passage=And becauſe in the beginning of my Trouble, when in the midſt of the Tempeſt, I had a '''kenning''' of the Harbour, which I hope now by your Majeſty's Favour I am entring into; I made a tender to your Majeſty of two Works, a Hiſtory of ''England'', and a ''Digeſt of your Laws'': as I have performed a Part of the one; ſo I have herewith ſent your Majeſty, by way of an Epiſtle, a New Offer of the other.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[range#Noun|range]] or [[extent]] of [[vision]], ''especially'' at sea; {{lb|en|by extension}} a [[marine#Adjective|marine]] [[measure#Noun|measure]] of [[approximately]] [[twenty]] [[mile]]s.
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[range#Noun|range]] or [[extent]] of [[vision]], ''especially'' at sea; {{lb|en|by extension}} a [[marine#Adjective|marine]] [[measure#Noun|measure]] of [[approximately]] [[twenty]] [[mile]]s.
#* {{quote-book|author=John Leland|authorlink=John Leland (antiquary)|editor=[[w:Thomas Hearne (antiquarian)|Thomas Hearne]]|title=The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary. [...] Publish’d from the Original MS. in the Bodleian Library by Thomas Hearne M.A. To which is Added Antoninus’s Itinerary through Britain, with Various Readings and D{{sup|r}}. [[w:Robert Talbot (scribe)|Robert Talbot]]’s Annotations upon It|location=Oxford|publisher=Printed at the Theater for the publisher|year=1711|volume=III|page=7|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/itineraryjohnle08heargoog#page/n21/mode/1up|oclc=931133609|passage=''[[w:Isles of Scilly|Scylley]]'' is a '''Kenning''', that is to ſay about an xx. Miles from the very Weſteſte Point of ''[[Cornwall|Cornewaulle]]''.}}
#* {{quote-book|author=John Leland|authorlink=John Leland (antiquary)|editor=[[w:Thomas Hearne (antiquarian)|Thomas Hearne]]|title=The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary. [...] Publish’d from the Original MS. in the Bodleian Library by Thomas Hearne M.A. To which is Added Antoninus’s Itinerary through Britain, with Various Readings and D{{sup|r}}. [[w:Robert Talbot (scribe)|Robert Talbot]]’s Annotations upon It|location=Oxford|publisher=Printed at the Theater for the publisher|year=1711|volume=III|page=7|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/itineraryjohnle08heargoog#page/n21/mode/1up|oclc=931133609|passage=''[[w:Isles of Scilly|Scylley]]'' is a '''Kenning''', that is to ſay about an xx. Miles from the very Weſteſte Point of ''[[Cornwall|Cornewaulle]]''.}}
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# As [[little]] as one can [[discriminate]] or [[recognize]]; a [[small]] [[portion#Noun|portion]], a little.
# As [[little]] as one can [[discriminate]] or [[recognize]]; a [[small]] [[portion#Noun|portion]], a little.
#: {{ux|en|put in a '''kenning''' of salt}}
#: {{ux|en|put in a '''kenning''' of salt}}
#* {{quote-book|author=James Thompson, compiler|author2=E. Mackenzie|chapter=XXX|title=A New, Improved, and Authentic Life of James Allan, the Celebrated Northumberland Piper; Detailing His Surprising Adventures in Various Parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, including a Complete Description of the Manners and Customs of the Gipsy Tribes. Collected from Sources of Genuine Authority, by James Thompson, with Explanatory Notes by E. Mackenzie, [...]|location=Newcastle upon Tyne|publisher=Printed and published by Mackenzie and Dent, [[w:Newcastle Cathedral|St. Nicholas' Church-yard]] [...]|year=1828|page=460|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4gIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA460|oclc=872847|passage=He called one day at Mr. Hepple's, of Needless Hall, in a forlorn condition, seeking his seed (a present of corn given at seed-time). {{...}} After this conversation, Mr. Hepple served him with a '''kenning''' of oats, which was a much greater quantity than he usually gave on such occasions.}}


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Revision as of 11:34, 24 April 2018

See also: Kenning

English

WOTD – 26 April 2018

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English kenning, kening (“instruction, teaching; experience, knowledge; sight, view”),[1] from kennen (“to make known, point out, reveal; to direct, instruct, teach; to know, perceive”) + -ing. Kennen is derived from Old English cennan (“to make known, declare”),[2] from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to make known”), the causative form of *kunnaną (“to know, be familiar with, recognize; to be able to, know how”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Compare Danish kending (“acquaintance”), and see further at ken.

Noun

kenning (plural kennings)

  1. (obsolete) Sight, view; specifically a distant view at sea.
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  2. (obsolete) The range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
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  3. As little as one can discriminate or recognize; a small portion, a little.
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Translations

Verb

kenning

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) present participle of ken.

Etymology 2

A diagram of a chicken egg. The two kennings, or chalazas, are numbered 4 and 13.

From ken (“to beget, bring forth”), from Middle English kennen (“to beget, conceive (offspring); to give birth to”), from Old English cennan, gecennan (“to beget (offspring); to give birth to; to bring forth, produce”);[3] see further at etymology 1.

Noun

kenning (plural kennings)

  1. (zoology) A chalaza or tread of an egg (a spiral band attaching the yolk of the egg to the eggshell); a cicatricula.

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse, from kenna (“to know; to perceive”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to make known”); see further at etymology 1. Compare can, keen, ken.

Noun

Template:examples-right kenning (plural kennings)

  1. (poetry) A metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry (especially Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.
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See also

References

  1. ^ “kenning(e, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ “kennen, v.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. ^ “kennen, v.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 January 2018.

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse kenning.

Pronunciation

Noun

kenning

  1. (poetry) kenning

Declension

Declension of kenning
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kenning kenningen kenninger kenningerne
genitive kennings kenningens kenningers kenningernes

Icelandic

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Etymology

From kenna +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Noun

kenning f (genitive singular kenningar, nominative plural kenningar)

  1. theory
  2. religious doctrine, teaching
  3. lesson
  4. (poetry) kenning (circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic poetry)

Declension

    Declension of kenning
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kenning kenningin kenningar kenningarnar
accusative kenningu kenninguna kenningar kenningarnar
dative kenningu kenningunni kenningum kenningunum
genitive kenningar kenningarinnar kenninga kenninganna

Derived terms

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