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 .

As nouns the difference between kenning and litote

is that 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’ while litote is an instance of litotes.

As a verb kenning

is .

As nouns the difference between idiom and kenning

is that idiom is idiom 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 a verb kenning is

.

As nouns the difference between kenning and metonymy

is that kenning is sight; view; a distant view at sea while metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.

As a verb kenning

is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between kenning and metaphor

is that kenning is sight; view; a distant view at sea while metaphor is the use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile.

As a verb kenning

is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between riddle and kenning

is that riddle is a verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature while kenning is sight; view; a distant view at sea.

As verbs the difference between riddle and kenning

is that riddle is to speak ambiguously or enigmatically while kenning is present participle of lang=en.

As a proper noun Riddle

is {{surname|lang=en}.

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’.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between renning and kenning

is that renning is (obsolete) rennet while kenning is (obsolete) range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.

As nouns the difference between renning and kenning

is that renning is (obsolete) rennet 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 a verb kenning is

.

As verbs the difference between henning and kenning

is that henning is while kenning 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’.

As verbs the difference between akenning and kenning

is that akenning is while kenning 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’.