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2. List of kennings - Wikipedia

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   A kenning (Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English, and later Icelandic poetry. This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Kennings for a particular character are listed in that character ...

3. List of names of Odin - Wikipedia

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   List Name (Old Norse) Name (anglicized) Meaning Sources Aldafaðr or Aldafǫðr 'Father of mankind' [1] Óðins nǫfn (1), Vafþrúðnismál (4, 53) Aldagautr 'Man-Gautr' [1] Baldrs draumar (2) Alfǫðr Alfodr 'All-father' [2] Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál, Grímnismál (48), Óðins nǫfn (2) Algingautr The aged Gautr: The Icelandic rune poem ...

4. Kenning - Wikipedia

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   Detail of the Old English manuscript of the poem Beowulf, showing the words ofer hron rade (' over the whale's road '), meaning ' over the sea '.. A kenning (Icelandic: [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a figure of speech, a figuratively-phrased compound term that is used in place of a simple single-word noun.

5. Talk:List of kennings - Wikipedia

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   As this page grows, it's getting harder to see whether a kenning is already there. For example, there are several on the Kenning page which could be added, such as Old Norse grand viðar “bane of wood” = “fire” ( Snorri Sturluson : Skáldskaparmál 36).

6. Epithets in Homer - Wikipedia

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   A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles.Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the singer and the audience alike.

7. List of British films of 1920 - Wikipedia

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   Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1920: Alf's Button: Cecil Hepworth: Leslie Henson, Alma Taylor: Adventure: All the Winners: Geoffrey H. Malins: Owen Nares, Maudie Dunham: Crime: The Amateur Gentleman

8. List of English words of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).

9. Heiti - Wikipedia

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   In the modern sense, heiti are distinguished from kennings in that a heiti is a simple word, whereas a kenning is a circumlocution in the form of a phrase or compound word; thus mækir is a heiti for "sword" (the usual word in prose is sverð), whereas grand hlífar "bane of shield" and ben-fúrr "wound-fire" are kennings for "sword".