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Riddles vs Kenning - What's the difference?

riddles | kenning |

As nouns the difference between riddles and kenning

is that riddles is while 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’.

As verbs the difference between riddles and kenning

is that riddles is (riddle) while kenning is .

riddles

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (riddle)

    • Anagrams

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    kenning

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), derivative of (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
    • put in a kenning of salt

    Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The tread of an egg; cicatricula.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl), from . Compare can, ken, keen.

    Noun

    (wikipedia kenning) (en noun)
  • 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’.