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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ken•ning (ken′ing),USA pronunciation n. - Literaturea conventional poetic phrase used for or in addition to the usual name of a person or thing, esp. in Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon verse, as "a wave traveler'' for "a boat.''
- Old Norse; see ken1, -ing1
- 1880–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: kenning /ˈkɛnɪŋ/ n - a conventional metaphoric name for something, esp in Old Norse and Old English poetry, such as Old English bānhūs (bone house) for "body"
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse, from kenna; see ken ken /kɛn/USA pronunciation n., v., kenned or kent/kɛnt/USA pronunciation ken•ning. n. [uncountable] - knowledge or understanding:an idea beyond one's ken.
v. [~ + object] - Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scottish.]
- to have knowledge (about);
know.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ken (ken),USA pronunciation n., v., kenned or kent, ken•ning. n. - knowledge, understanding, or cognizance;
mental perception:an idea beyond one's ken. - range of sight or vision.
v.t. - Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]
- to know, have knowledge of or about, or be acquainted with (a person or thing).
- to understand or perceive (an idea or situation).
- Law[Scots Law.]to acknowledge as heir;
recognize by a judicial act. - [Archaic.]to see;
descry;
recognize. - British Terms
- to declare, acknowledge, or confess (something).
- to teach, direct, or guide (someone).
v.i. - British Terms
- to have knowledge of something.
- to understand.
- bef. 900; Middle English kennen to make known, see, know, Old English cennan to make known, declare; cognate with Old Norse kenna, German kennen; akin to can1
- a male given name, form of Kendall or Kenneth.
Ken., - Place NamesKentucky.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ken /kɛn/ n - range of knowledge or perception (esp in the phrases beyond or in one's ken)
vb (kens, kenning, kenned, kent /kɛnt/)- Scot Northern English dialect to know
- Scot Northern English dialect to understand; perceive
- (transitive) archaic to see
Etymology: Old English cennan; related to Old Norse kenna to perceive, Old High German kennen to make known; see can1 |