Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Kenning

Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Definitioner

4 Definitioner

1 kenning

f. doctrine, teaching, lesson, esp. of preaching, Fms. i. 148; kenna kenningar, to teach, preach, 625. 24, K. Á. 22, Bs. i. 140, N. T., Vídal.; tíðagörð ok k., passim; á-kenning, q. v.; viðr-k., acknowledgment.

2 kenning

2. a mark of recognition, Grett. 132 A; kenningar-orð, words of admonition, Hkr. iii. 23, Fb. iii. 279; kenningar-maðr = kennimaðr, Rb. 366; kenningar-sveinn, an apprentice, N. G. L. ii. 204.

3 kenning

II. a poetical periphrasis or descriptive name (see kenna A. V. 2), Edda passim, opp. to ókennd heiti (simple appellatives); a kenning is either simple (kennt), double (tví-kennt), or triple (rekit). The ancient circumlocutions were either drawn from mythology, as to call Thor the son of Earth (Jarðar sunr), and the heaven the skull of Ymir; or from the thing itself (sann-kenning), as to call the breast the mind’s abode: similar phraseology is found in all ancient poetry, but in the old northern poets it was carried farther and was more artificial than in other languages.

4 kenning

COMPDS: kenningarfaðir, kenningarnafn, kenningarson.

Liknande ord

Runskrift

kenning

Möjlig runskrift i yngre futhark

Runtexten ovan representerar det fornnordiska ordet "kenning" som det kan visas i runinskrifter från vikingatiden (ca. 800-1100 e.Kr.).

Använda förkortningar

Vanliga förkortningar

ch: chapter.
esp: especially.
esp.: especially.
f.: feminine.
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
mythol: mythology, mythological.
n.: neuter.
opp: opposed to.
opp.: opposed.
opp. to: opposed to.
p.: page.
q. v.: quod vide.
v.: vide, verb.

Verk & Författare

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
N. T.: New Testament.
Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Vídal.: Vídalíns-Postilla.

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