Found 3 items, similar to kenning.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: ken mengenal, mengetahui
English → English (WordNet) Definition: kenning 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] kenning n : conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry kenning See ken
English → English (gcide) Definition: Kenning Ken \Ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned (k[e^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See Can to be able, Know.] 1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.] [1913 Webster] 2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] “We ken them from afar.” --Addison [1913 Webster] 'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Kenning \Ken"ning\, n. [See Ken, v. t.] 1. Range of sight. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles. [1913 Webster]