A list of 121 words by sionnach.
- dirt napwas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- flea-rakewas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- rooster of the deadwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- sitting-treewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- steed of the witchwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- moon roadwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- apple of the chestwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- forest of the chinwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- isildur's banewas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- son of nine motherswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- sword of the mouthwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- brother of firewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- waking of the viperswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- horse of the fogwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- brother of the moonwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- oil of the swordwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- bloody swanwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- honey eaterwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- beer of ravenswas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- desk jockeywas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- tonsil hockeywas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- necktie partywas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- eternity boxwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- earth bathwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- silver darlingwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- blanket hornpipewas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- breadbasketwas added by sionnach and appears on 13 lists
- munster plumswas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- blindman's holidaywas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- beggar's bulletswas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- sky parlourwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- the chuck norris of inanimate objectswas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- knight of the thimblewas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- land piratewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- knowledge boxwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- tea voiderwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- dew beaterswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- bend down boutiquewas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- coney-borrow ferretwas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- belly fiddlewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- wooden overcoatwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- nectar of the godswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- candy floss of the skieswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- fish of the sofawas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- pink land cloudswas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- sea kittenswas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- camel of the seawas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- ship of the desertwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- road hogwas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- shepherd of the forestwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- stinking rosewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- rabbit-eared bandicootwas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- trouser snakewas added by sionnach and appears on 5 lists
- iron horsewas added by sionnach and appears on 5 lists
- soul-casewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- tuna of the yardwas added by sionnach and appears on 5 lists
- belly timberwas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- viking's moonwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- dead horsewas added by sionnach and appears on 6 lists
- road of the godswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- gods' chairwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- sun tablewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- bane of woodwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- seashore's hawkwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- keeper of the bellwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- killer of the giant's offspringwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- strong bison of the gull's meadowwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- dispenser of the flames of the falcon's fieldwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- moons of the foreheadwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- grog blossomwas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- joy of a birdwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- twilight-spoilerwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- mead of battlewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- battle-serpentwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- song-pounderwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- hat-knollwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- wound-beeswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- dale-fish mercywas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- place of the deadwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- foamy-necked floaterwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- skyscraperwas added by sionnach and appears on 25 lists
- wallflowerwas added by sionnach and appears on 47 lists
- couch potatowas added by sionnach and appears on 7 lists
- rug ratwas added by sionnach and appears on 5 lists
- devil's dandruffwas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- cancer stickwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- squirrel roadwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- sibyls of congress of plain of Þrúðr of battlewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- reddener of stiff trout of earth of battle-stormwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- horse of wife of yggr of river-bonewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- hunger-diminisher of din-seagulls of animal-gleam of heitiwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- servant of noise of toast of wound-starlingswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- shower of ironwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- harrower of the darkwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- heaven's gemwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- heaven's joywas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- water ropeswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- heaven's candlewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- battle adderwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- sea of beastswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- oak of the enforced ransom of the otterwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- snow of the cruciblewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- heath stepperwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- battle iciclewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- gannet's bathwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- flesh of the mother of the enemy of the giantesswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- the flour of fróði's hapless slaveswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- Ægir's daughterswas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- baldur's banewas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- spear dinwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- whale roadwas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- sea steedswas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- hawk mountainwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- feeder of ravenswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- raven harvestwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- brow starswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- blood wormwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- onion of warwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- battle sweatwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- sword dancewas added by sionnach and appears on 6 lists
- slaughter dewwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
trivet commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
*favorites*
October 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
Ooh, these are really cool.
October 28, 2008
bilby commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
Yep.
October 28, 2008
sionnach commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
The steed of Aegir's daughters travelled the swan road.
It went where the glory of the elves turns red.
There the feeder of the eagle sought Roman grain,
Sif's hair, the serpents lair.
Battle dew sprinkled over the breaker of rings,
While the tree-breaker howled,
Giant-slayer crushed the skull of trolls.
Battle's horse fed on the raven's harvest,
Cold and blue in winter's raiment
The stars of his brow no longer twinkled.
Instead of Kraki's seed he had found the flame farewell,
And now feasts in the hall of the hanged one...
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The ship travelled the sea.
It went where the sun turns red.
There the warrior sought gold,
treasure, loot.
Blood sprinkled over the king,
While the wind howled,
There was thunder.
A wolf fed on the corpse,
Cold and blue in the snow
His eyes no longer twinkled.
Instead of gold he had found death,
And now is in Valhalla
from kennings poem
October 28, 2008
yarb commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
Belly timber.
October 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
I still love this list!
November 7, 2008
madmouth commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
seeing as bend down boutique is being discussed of late...
June 17, 2009
rolig commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
The word for bear in the Slavic languages – medved – is in fact a "kenning". Bears, it seems, were sacred animals to the Slavs, who therefore did not dare pronounce the name for "bear", and instead used the phrase "knower of honey" ("med" = "honey", "ved" = "one who knows"). An English cognate might be meadwit.
Edit: See Qroqqa's apt correction. The proper kenning would be honey-eater.
June 17, 2009
qroqqa commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
Honey-eater, actually: medv-ed rather than med-ved. (I'd never been 100% sure of this so I checked again just now.)
June 17, 2009
rolig commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
You're right, Qroqqa! Thanks! I should have checked with Marko Stroj's Slovene Etym. Dict. first.
June 17, 2009
madmouth commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
it's medvjed in SBC, which shows the 'eat' section of the compound more clearly
June 18, 2009
sionnach commented on the list kenny-kens-kenning
Note: the annotation "per Borges" on some of the more recent entries on this list indicates that they are taken from Borges's 1933 essay "Las kenningar". Translations (from the Spanish), and any resulting errors, are mine.
September 12, 2009