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kenning
比喻的複合辭
Ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.]
1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]
2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] “We ken them from afar.”
'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.
Ken·ning n.
1. Range of sight. [Obs.]
2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.
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kenning
n : conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially
in Old English and Old Norse poetry
ken
n 1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"
[syn: cognizance]
2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight]
[also: kent, kenning, kenned]