Create a Kenning!

Sunshine1113 · 2015-10-19T13:03:36Z

What is a kenning? Kennings are a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning. So basically it's two words to create an adjective in place of a noun. Some examples? Police= Law Enforcer Books= Parallel worlds Poptarts= frosted cardboard Rainbows: rain paint How do you create a kenning? Take the word "police" for example. Think of all the words that are related to "police" So: law, Justice, donuts, and protectors Then think of words associated with the list you made and the word given and you've created a kenning! So: law enforcer, Justice defender, donut muncher, and people protector. What are the rules of the game? 1) Make a kenning out of the word the person before you posts. 2) You must create a kenning in order to give a kenning. 3) One person must post after you in order to post again Let's start things off with: School.

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Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:11 pm

Sunshine1113 says... · Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:11 pm

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Dracula says... · Wed Nov 11, 2015 6:33 am

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JediDeadpool says... · Fri Apr 22, 2016 6:18 pm

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RubyRed says... · Fri Apr 22, 2016 8:04 pm

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Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:35 pm

niteowl says... · Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:35 pm

Um...that's two words already...so I guess I'll make it four.

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JediDeadpool says... · Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:51 pm

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RubyRed says... · Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:16 pm

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niteowl says... · Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:17 pm

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RubyRed says... · Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:23 pm

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The_McCracken says... · Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:23 am

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Lib says... · Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:04 pm

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