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Modern and Historic Kennings
October 10, 2014 8:51 am
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Kennings are compound words that have metaphorical meanings, such as whale-road meaning "sea." They're often found in Anglo-Saxon poetry, such as The Seafarer and Beowulf, but there are modern ones as well, such as rugrats for "small children." This is part of a complete episode.
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