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单词 kenning
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kenningn.1

Brit. /ˈkɛnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɛnɪŋ/
Etymology: Derivation obscure.
northern dialect.
A dry measure: = two pecks, or half a bushel; a vessel containing this quantity.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > vessel of specific size or capacity
quart?c1335
kenning1344
pint1354
quart pot1383
gill?c1425
quartelet1459
the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > peck > two pecks
tyntec1440
tovet1520
frundelc1550
kenningc1574
half-fou'1803
1299 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 496 In 47 qr. 2 ken. prebende.]
1344–5 Inv. Norham Castle in Northumbld. Gloss. Kenine.
1392 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 345 Will's Byng kennen bon.]
c1574 Inv. Warkworth Cas. in Hist. Northumbld. (1899) V. 66 A bushell mett, a keninge, ij peckes.
1576 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 410 I gyve..one kennyng of wheat to the poore.
1673 in J. Raine Depos. Castle of York (1861) 196 A kening of wheate flower for pyes.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Kennen, Kenning, a measure of two pecks.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Kennin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

kenningn.2

Brit. /ˈkɛnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɛnɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈkɛnɪŋ/
Etymology: < ken v.1 + -ing suffix1.
Now only Scottish and northern dialect (exc. sense 6).
1. Teaching, instruction. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > teaching > [noun]
lore971
wissingc1000
wordloreOE
teachingc1175
kenningc1320
lering1377
learningc1380
disciplinea1382
doctrinec1384
ensignment1398
instruction?a1439
schoolc1449
schoolingc1449
document?a1500
instructing1516
entechmenta1522
institution1531
teachment1562
repasting1567
tuition1582
lessoning1583
tutoring1590
loring1596
tutorage1638
indoctrination1646
principling1649
tutorya1713
tutorhood1752
didactic1754
documenting1801
pupillizing1815
tutorizing1837
tutorization1842
tutelagea1856
coachmanship1873
preception1882
c1320 Sir Beues (MS. A) 644 Þe stedes hom to stable ran Wiþ oute kenning [v.r. techyng] of eni man.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2472 When y blamed my doughter ȝyng, & gaf no kepe til hure kennyng.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 194 Þis is catounes kennyng to clerkes þat he lereth.
2.
a. Sign, token. Obsolete.
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society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign
tokeningc888
fingereOE
senyeOE
markOE
showing?c1225
blossomc1230
signa1325
signifyingc1384
evidencea1393
notea1398
forbysena1400
kenninga1400
knowinga1400
showerc1400
unningc1400
signala1413
signification?a1425
demonstrancec1425
cenyc1440
likelinessc1450
ensign1474
signifure?a1475
outshowinga1500
significativea1500
witter1513
precedent1518
intimation1531
signifier1532
meith1533
monument1536
indicion?1541
likelihood1541
significator1554
manifest1561
show1561
evidency1570
token-teller1574
betokener1587
calendar1590
instance1590
testificate1590
significant1598
crisis1606
index1607
impression1613
denotementa1616
story1620
remark1624
indicium1625
denotation1633
indice1636
signum1643
indiction1653
trace1656
demonstrator1657
indication1660
notationa1661
significatory1660
indicator1666
betrayer1678
demonstration1684
smell1691
wittering1781
notaa1790
blazonry1850
sign vehicle1909
marker1919
rumble1927
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18332 Þou..has þe kenening [read takening; Gött. taken of] þe rode Raised in erth of ur ranscum.
b. Appearance. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]
onseneeOE
bleea1000
shapeOE
ylikeOE
laitc1175
semblanta1225
sightc1275
fare1297
showingc1300
specea1325
parelc1330
guise1340
countenance1362
semblance?a1366
apparel1377
regardc1380
apparencec1384
imagec1384
spicec1384
overseeminga1398
kenninga1400
seemingc1400
visage1422
rinda1450
semenauntc1450
'pearance1456
outwardc1475
representation1489
favour?a1500
figurea1522
assemblant1523
prospect?1533
respect1535
visure1545
perceiverance1546
outwardshine1549
view1556
species1559
utter-shape1566
look1567
physiognomy1567
face1572
paintry1573
visor1575
mienc1586
superficies?1589
behaviour1590
aspect1594
complexion1597
confrontment1604
show1604
aira1616
beseeminga1616
formality1615
resemblancea1616
blush1620
upcomea1630
presentment1637
scheme1655
sensation1662
visibility1669
plumage1707
facies1727
remark1748
extrinsica1797
exterior1801
showance1820
the cut of one's jib1823
personnel1839
personal appearance1842
what-like1853
look-see1898
outwall1933
visuality1938
prosopon1947
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24086 Vnethes i his kenning kneu.
3. Visual cognition; sight or view: = ken n.1 3. Phrases in, within, beyond, out of kenning. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun]
looka1200
sight?c1225
visc1340
visea1450
respection?a1475
viewa1500
prospection?1530
kenningc1540
conspect1548
ken1594
spectacle1625
styme1776
perception1817
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2837 Nawther company..hade Kennyng of other, But past to þere purpos.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 490/1 in Chron. I There arriued in their sight a nauie of Shippes, which at the first kenning, they tooke to be french Shippes.
?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. H His ships were past a kenning from the shore.
1598 R. Tofte Alba i. sig. Cv He is in kenning of his wished Home.
1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 102 We had also kenning of another Iland called Lissa.
?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome iii. xxiv. 515 Againe, at a kenning we cannot see of the earth aboue ten or twelue leagues.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 5 The passage from thence was thought a broad sound within the maine, being without kenning of land.
a1697 Strathspey in Aubrey's Misc. (1721) 203 The Lady Gareloch was going somewhere from her House within kenning to the Road which Clunie was coming.
4.
a. Range of sight: = ken n.1 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > range or field of
eyeOE
sightc1175
eyesightc1225
kenning1530
view1553
reach1579
kena1592
sight-shot1663
command1697
field1721
eye scope1853
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 431 I am within syght, as a shyppe is that cometh within the kennyng.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 15 Not dreaming that her loue in kenning were.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 61 Without your kenning lyeth Sardinia fast vpon the Africke sea.
b. The distance that bounds the range of ordinary vision, esp. at sea; hence, a marine measure of about 20 or 21 miles. Cf. ken n.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > range or field of > distance bounding
kenning1478
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > distance that bounds the range of vision
kenning1478
ken1545
1478 W. Worcester Itineraries 108 Per distanciam latitudinis le Narowsee..v kennyngys et quilibet kennyng continet..21 miliaria.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 104 He sawe the ship three kennynges ferre on the sea, that is, one & twenty legues ferre.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) III. 7 Scylley is a Kenning, that is to say about an xx. Miles from the very Westeste Pointe of Cornewaulle.
1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. xxii. 94 I see Land..'tis within a Kenning.
5.
a. Mental cognition; knowledge, cognizance; recognition. Now Scottish and northern dialect. †fleshly kenning, carnal knowledge.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [noun]
i-witnessc888
knowledging?c1225
wittinga1300
beknowing1340
sciencec1350
bekenningc1380
knowinga1398
knowledgea1398
meaninga1398
cunningshipa1400
feela1400
understanda1400
cognizancec1400
kenningc1400
witc1400
recognizancec1436
cognition1447
recognitionc1450
cognoscencec1540
conscience1570
comprehension1597
comprehense1604
cognizant1634
sciency1642
scibility1677
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 64 Þy seluyn hadde takyn deed, þurgh þe hete of fleschly kennynge with here.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 271/2 Kennynge, or knowynge,..cognicio, agnicio.
17.. in Burns' Wks. (Rtldg.) Life 45 I crept quietly owre the bed, out o' his kennin, and kneeled down beside him.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Kennin, knowing. ‘Ye're seea feafully waxen, at ye're past kennen.’
b. A recognizable portion; just enough to be perceived; a little. Scottish and northern dialect.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount
speckc725
littleOE
somethingc1200
lutewihtc1230
little whatc1384
ouncec1387
lap1393
smalla1400
modicumc1400
nekedc1400
spota1413
tinec1420
nieveful?a1425
handfulc1443
mouthful?c1450
smatchc1456
weec1480
quern1503
halfpennyworth1533
groatsworth1562
dram1566
shellful1578
trickle1580
snatch1592
sprinkling1594
fleck1598
snip1598
pittance1600
lick1603
fingerful1604
modicum1606
thimbleful1607
flash1614
dasha1616
pipa1616
pickle1629
drachm1635
cue1654
smack1693
starn1720
bit1753
kenning1787
minikin1787
tate1805
starnie1808
sprat1815
harl1821
skerrick1825
smallums1828
huckleberry1832
scrimp1840
thimble1841
smite1843
nattering1859
sensation1859
spurt1859
pauchlea1870
mention1891
sketch1894
sputterings1894
scrappet1901
titch1937
tad1940
skosh1959
smattering1973
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 146 Tho' they may gang a-kennin wrang, To step aside is human.
1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 187 (Jam.) Gif o' this warl, a kennin mair, Some get than me, I've got content.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby That string's just a kenning thicker than the other.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona ix. 103 His father was..a kenning on the wrong side of the law.
6. One of the periphrastic expressions used instead of the simple name of a thing, characteristic of Old Teutonic, and esp. Old Norse, poetry.Examples are oar-steed = ship, storm of swords = battle. The term is adopted from the medieval Icelandic treatises on poetics, and is derived from the idiomatic use of kenna við or til, ‘to name after’.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metaphor > kenning
kenning1883
1883 G. Vigfusson & F. Y. Powell Corpus Poet. Boreale II. 448 The extreme development of the ‘kenning’ in Northern Poetry.
1889 A. S. Cook Judith (ed. 2) Introd. 59 A characteristic ornament of Old English, as well as of early Teutonic poetry in general, are the kennings.
1896 Scott. Rev. Oct. 342 (note) The kennings for ‘man’ in Gröndal's Clavis Poetica extend to 33 closely printed columns.

Compounds

kenning-glass n. Obsolete a spyglass, small telescope.
ΚΠ
1603 in E. Arber Transcript Reg. Company of Stationers 1554–1640 (1876) III. 238 A Booke Called A kennyng glass for a Christian Kinge.
kenning-place n. Obsolete a place prominently in sight.
ΚΠ
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 606 It standeth forth as a kenning place to the view of eyes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

kenningn.3

Forms: Also 1600s kinning.
Etymology: apparently < ken v.2 + -ing suffix1; compare Old English cęnning birth.
Obsolete. rare.
The cicatricula or tread of an egg.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid > yolk > tread
strainc1305
cock treading1573
kenning1585
tread1593
cock's tread1647
gallature1650
treadle1658
cicatricula1664
strind1671
gemma1692
chalaza1704
segmentation cavity1888
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator Ovi umbilicus, the streine or kenning of the egge.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 298 There is found in the top or sharper end of an egge within the shell, a certaine round knot resembling a drop or a nauil, rising aboue the rest, which they call a Kinning.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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