A Andy New member Sep 7, 2010 #1 A kenning is a literary device in which a noun is renamed in a creative way using a compound word or union of two separate words to combine ideas. Example: whale-road for the sea in Beowulf or shepherd of evil for Grendel from Beowulf.
A kenning is a literary device in which a noun is renamed in a creative way using a compound word or union of two separate words to combine ideas. Example: whale-road for the sea in Beowulf or shepherd of evil for Grendel from Beowulf.
