http://www.wordnik.com/lists/kenny-kens-kenning.xml Kenning: a stock phrase of the kind used in Old Norse and Old English verse as a poetic circumlocution in place of a more familiar word. Examples are banhus (bonehouse) for ‘body’, and saewudu (seaâ€*wood) for ‘ship’. Similar metaphoric compounds appear in colloquial speech, e.g. fireâ€*water for ‘whisky’. 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http://www.wordnik.com/words/heaven's joy http://www.wordnik.com/words/water ropes Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:06:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/water ropes http://www.wordnik.com/words/heaven's candle Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:05:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/heaven's candle http://www.wordnik.com/words/battle adder Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:50:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/battle adder http://www.wordnik.com/words/sea of beasts Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:50:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sea of beasts http://www.wordnik.com/words/oak of the enforced ransom of the otter Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:48:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/oak of the enforced ransom of the otter http://www.wordnik.com/words/snow of the crucible Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:48:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/snow of the crucible