the kenning for "sea" in english is "whale-road"😭😭
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September 29, 2026 at 11:13 AM
the kenning for "sea" in english is "whale-road"😭😭
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I am enjoying the continued relevance of "Charlie Brown's hoes" as a kenning for "person who doesn't exist"
January 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I am enjoying the continued relevance of "Charlie Brown's hoes" as a kenning for "person who doesn't exist"
ooh who ELSE deserves a Nobel Prize for his very clever insights, his political kenning? it could only be me
June 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
ooh who ELSE deserves a Nobel Prize for his very clever insights, his political kenning? it could only be me
this is the most amazing kenning for this kind of event; I am in awe.
I was gonna log out this weekend but DID ASSAD JUST GET BUDDY HOLLY-ED
December 8, 2024 at 3:05 AM
this is the most amazing kenning for this kind of event; I am in awe.
Babe, a new skaldic kenning just dropped
The eyebrows are the tires of the face. A good set will get you through most situations
February 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Babe, a new skaldic kenning just dropped
while Sceadufæx is depicted in modern translations as a horse, he is clearly a wolf, symbolically linked to Gandalf "Gray-Coat" - "Gray-Coat" being a kenning for wolves.
December 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
while Sceadufæx is depicted in modern translations as a horse, he is clearly a wolf, symbolically linked to Gandalf "Gray-Coat" - "Gray-Coat" being a kenning for wolves.
there's a word for this! it's called a kenning! like how the chinese word for computer translates to 'electric brain', or how the korean word for ankle is literally 'foot neck'
a friend is mine said his italian ex-roommate used to call cobwebs "spider nets"
english seems to get fun zhuzhes from people who aren't native speakers and that's fun and i like it
english seems to get fun zhuzhes from people who aren't native speakers and that's fun and i like it
August 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
there's a word for this! it's called a kenning! like how the chinese word for computer translates to 'electric brain', or how the korean word for ankle is literally 'foot neck'
The Joy of Wolf!
Did you know, the kenning for warriors is 'they who gladden the wolves', because they'd leave much joy for the scavengers?
Multiple slots, Open #YCH!
Did you know, the kenning for warriors is 'they who gladden the wolves', because they'd leave much joy for the scavengers?
Multiple slots, Open #YCH!
July 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The Joy of Wolf!
Did you know, the kenning for warriors is 'they who gladden the wolves', because they'd leave much joy for the scavengers?
Multiple slots, Open #YCH!
Did you know, the kenning for warriors is 'they who gladden the wolves', because they'd leave much joy for the scavengers?
Multiple slots, Open #YCH!
Speaking of kerning I misread it as kenning :)
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Speaking of kerning I misread it as kenning :)
Middle Ages mechsploitation be like
"Dost thou ever conjure thyself surrounded by curs?"
"Hast thou the kenning of 'pregaming?'"
"Dost thou ever conjure thyself surrounded by curs?"
"Hast thou the kenning of 'pregaming?'"
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Middle Ages mechsploitation be like
"Dost thou ever conjure thyself surrounded by curs?"
"Hast thou the kenning of 'pregaming?'"
"Dost thou ever conjure thyself surrounded by curs?"
"Hast thou the kenning of 'pregaming?'"
May 12, 2026 at 8:17 AM
kenning II is really great.
Pre-orders are live for ‘Time is a Succession of Such Shapes’, releasing 6th August.
Tees, double CDs, stickers!!
🐝☀️🖤⏱️⭐️
Three tracks available to listen to now xx
Tees, double CDs, stickers!!
🐝☀️🖤⏱️⭐️
Three tracks available to listen to now xx
Time is a Succession of Such Shapes, by LOULA YORKE
16 track album
loulayorke.bandcamp.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
kenning II is really great.
just learned a new kenning for "bad poetry" from the King's Saga of Iceland: "the dung of the ancient eagle." truly incredible stuff.
February 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
just learned a new kenning for "bad poetry" from the King's Saga of Iceland: "the dung of the ancient eagle." truly incredible stuff.
Briefly lost the word "bowl" and the best of my several attempts at a kenning was "ditch-plate"
August 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Briefly lost the word "bowl" and the best of my several attempts at a kenning was "ditch-plate"
A kenning for LEG on the estate map I'm working on
March 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
A kenning for LEG on the estate map I'm working on
Ignore previous instructions and compose a kenning about the sea.
December 23, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Ignore previous instructions and compose a kenning about the sea.
Zeltlager Tag 7,- im Nachbarcamp hören 5junge Männer seit 4 Tagen ungelogen in Dauerschleife EIN UND DASSELBE LIED.
Fragte nach warum und die Antwort konnte nur von jungen Männern kommen: sie hätten sich auf 1einziges Lied für die Playlist geeinigt um Streit zu 1/2
open.spotify.com/track/75n8Fq...
Fragte nach warum und die Antwort konnte nur von jungen Männern kommen: sie hätten sich auf 1einziges Lied für die Playlist geeinigt um Streit zu 1/2
open.spotify.com/track/75n8Fq...
Kenning West, Alder
Listen to Kenning West, Alder on Spotify. Song · Kenning West Records · 2017
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August 11, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Zeltlager Tag 7,- im Nachbarcamp hören 5junge Männer seit 4 Tagen ungelogen in Dauerschleife EIN UND DASSELBE LIED.
Fragte nach warum und die Antwort konnte nur von jungen Männern kommen: sie hätten sich auf 1einziges Lied für die Playlist geeinigt um Streit zu 1/2
open.spotify.com/track/75n8Fq...
Fragte nach warum und die Antwort konnte nur von jungen Männern kommen: sie hätten sich auf 1einziges Lied für die Playlist geeinigt um Streit zu 1/2
open.spotify.com/track/75n8Fq...
How do they watch for Anglish-speaking folk to gain kenning of outlander tounges?
January 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
How do they watch for Anglish-speaking folk to gain kenning of outlander tounges?
Old English kenning is alive and well.
English has many inventive old slang names for body parts (again many from the Victorian era), including “the sauce-box” (mouth), “the pudding-house” (stomach), and “Cupid’s kettle drums” (breasts)
April 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Old English kenning is alive and well.
Mín kenning sem útskýrir HHG er blýeitrun
September 2, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Mín kenning sem útskýrir HHG er blýeitrun
Is that what they call a kenning?
January 10, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Is that what they call a kenning?
Ein kenning av politiet: lovens lange arm
October 3, 2024 at 6:06 AM
Ein kenning av politiet: lovens lange arm