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Category Archives: kennings

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flǣsc-hama

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Hana Videen

flǣsc-hama, m.n: ‘flesh-covering’, the body. (FLASH-HA-ma / ˈflæːʃ-ˌha-ma)

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swan-rād

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Hana Videen

swan-rād, n: swan-road, a kenning for the sea. (SWAHN-RAWD / ˈswan-ˌraːd)

British Library, Harley MS 4751, folio 41v

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gongel-wæfre

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Hana Videen

gongel-wæfre, f.n: spider (walker-weaver). (GONG-gell-WAV-ruh / ˈgɔŋ-gɛl-ˌwæv-rə)

Medieval manuscript image of a six-legged spider.
Six-legged spider in Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 16, f. 130r. [commons.wikimedia.org]
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heaðuswāt

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Hana Videen

heaðuswāt, m.n: ‘battle-sweat’, blood shed in battle. (HEH-ah-thuh-SWAHT / ˈhɛa-θʌ-ˌswaːt)

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brēost-loca

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Hana Videen

brēost-loca, m.n: ‘breast-enclosure’, the mind. (BRAY-ost-LOCK-ah / ˈbreːɔst-ˌlɔ-ka)

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bān-hūs

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Hana Videen

bān-hūs, n.n: ‘bone-house’, the body. (BAHN-HOOS / ˈbaːn-ˌhuːs)

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heofon-candel

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Hana Videen

heofon-candel, n: ‘heaven-candle’, the sun. (HEH-ov-on-KAHN-dell / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌkan-dɛl)

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sceadu-genga

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Hana Videen

sceadu-genga, n: shadow-walker, one who walks in darkness (an epithet for Grendel). (SHEH-ah-duh-GENG-ga / ˈʃɛa-dʌ-ˌgɛŋ-ga)

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