"kenning" meaning in Icelandic

See kenning in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈcʰɛnːiŋk/
Etymology: From Old Norse kenning (“feeling, knowledge”). By surface analysis, kenna (“to teach”) + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|kenning|t=feeling, knowledge}} Old Norse kenning (“feeling, knowledge”), {{surf|is|kenna|-ing|t1=to teach}} By surface analysis, kenna (“to teach”) + -ing Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} kenning f (genitive singular kenningar, nominative plural kenningar) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f}} Forms: kenningar [genitive, singular], kenningar [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], kenning [indefinite, nominative, singular], kenningin [definite, nominative, singular], kenningar [indefinite, nominative, plural], kenningarnar [definite, nominative, plural], kenningu [accusative, indefinite, singular], kenninguna [accusative, definite, singular], kenningar [accusative, indefinite, plural], kenningarnar [accusative, definite, plural], kenningu [dative, indefinite, singular], kenningunni [dative, definite, singular], kenningum [dative, indefinite, plural], kenningunum [dative, definite, plural], kenningar [genitive, indefinite, singular], kenningarinnar [definite, genitive, singular], kenninga [genitive, indefinite, plural], kenninganna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. theory Tags: feminine Synonyms: teoría
    Sense id: en-kenning-is-noun-9Dl7SAXg
  2. religious doctrine, teaching Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kenning-is-noun-O7uji14O
  3. lesson Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kenning-is-noun-t45YdQ1P
  4. (poetry) kenning (circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic poetry) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-kenning-is-noun-fUIGHAPr Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Icelandic terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 8 5 8 27 23 2 1 3 4 13 Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 8 87 Disambiguation of Icelandic terms suffixed with -ing: 2 7 9 82 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: láta sér að kenningu verða (english: to let something be a lesson to oneself), samsæriskenning (english: conspiracy theory)
Categories (other): Science Disambiguation of Science: 0 0 0 0
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