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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 ...
This is a chronological list of films produced in the United Kingdom split by decade. There may be an overlap, particularly between British and American films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either British produced or strongly associated with British culture .
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 ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1940: 21 Days: Basil Dean: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks: Drama: Filmed in 1937 All at Sea: Herbert Smith: Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh, John Warwick
Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Last Hour: Walter Forde: Stewart Rome, Richard Cooper: Comedy [34]The Last Post: Dinah Shurey: John Longden, Frank Vosper: Drama [35]Leave It to Me ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1950: The Angel with the Trumpet: Anthony Bushell: Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney, Maria Schell: Drama: The Astonished Heart: Terence Fisher: Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, Margaret Leighton
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.
A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1952 (see 1952 in film): Leading British production or distribution companies included General Film Distributors, Associated British and British Lion. Hollywood studios also invested in British-based productions.