Kenning vs Yenning - What's the difference?
kenning | yenning |
(obsolete) Sight; view; a distant view at sea.
(obsolete) Range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
As little as one can recognise or discriminate; a small portion; a little.
A metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry (especially Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way, such as ‘whale road’ for ‘sea’, or ‘enemy of the mast’ for ‘wind’.
As verbs the difference between kenning and yenning
is that kenning is while yenning is .As a noun kenning
is (obsolete) sight; view; a distant view at sea or kenning can be the tread of an egg; cicatricula or kenning can be a metaphorical phrase used in germanic poetry (especially old english or old norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way, such as ‘whale road’ for ‘sea’, or ‘enemy of the mast’ for ‘wind’.kenning
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), derivative of (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- put in a kenning of salt