Have You Heard Of This Term?

[Stargazer]

Part of my eight year old grandson's homework!
"Kenning"

[Jackdaw33]

Scottish word meaning 'knowing'.

[Mamyalynne]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning

Not as common as it was, often used in old poetry.

[Stargazer]

No Jackdaw not knowing and also I think it should be kennings (with an s).

[naomi24]

Why is it in his homework? In what context?

[Stargazer]

I am 78, educated and well-read and I have never heard the term. How can they ask 8 years old children to know what it means?

[Atheist]

Stargazer; people 70 years younger than you might have a different vocabulary.

[ToraToraTora]

seems a bit advanced for an ankle biter.

[Mamyalynne]

If it hasn't been included in the classroom work then that is unfair, or have they simply asked them to find out what it is?

[douglas9401]

https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/kenning

[ToraToraTora]

18:59, whoosh!

[TheWinner]

do you ken John Peel .........we were told as kids it meant 'know'.

[Mamyalynne]

This may be a better starting place for a youngster.

https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-is-a-kenning

[Buenchico]

>>> How can they ask 8 years old children to know what it means.

Properly set homework shouldn't be about getting a child to show what he or she knows. It should be about getting them to find out about things that they don't already know. Asking Granny for help would seem to be an excellent way of going about it, especially when Granny knows a website where all sorts of questions are welcome ;-)

[wolf63]

'I ken what you mean' is a phrase you may hear often in Scotland

[Barsel]

TTT didn't go over my head.
Having read what it means, I don't know how you would expect an 8 yr old to understand it unless it's explained to them in simpler terms.

[Buenchico]

Excellent link, Mamya!

[The Builder]

Dougie has it.
It's a figure of speech in Icelandic.

Scottish "ken" comes from Swedish/Old Norse "känna" meaning to know

[Mamyalynne]

Ta, it appears to be part of KS2, should have been touched on in class really.

[roopower]

Googled thecword, its complicated but kennings seem to be compound words made up of perhaps two words hyphenated. Mamys post looks the ideal place to look. Agree with chico, its good for children to do their own research.

[andres]

We've probably all of us used kennings without realising it. It's an old English term where two words are linked to provide one. e.g. Four-eyes,
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