kennings

A similar use of periphrasis occurs in Anglo-Saxon kennings ( 'world-candle' for sun, 'battle-adders' for arrows).

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

They engaged in close study of its measure and meter, its heavy use of poetic "kennings" - evocative euphemisms describing the sea as the "whale-road" and so forth - and its preoccupation with Anglo-Saxon alliteration.

Beowulf, A hero for our times 2007

They engaged in close study of its measure and meter, its heavy use of poetic "kennings" - evocative euphemisms describing the sea as the "whale-road" and so forth - and its preoccupation with Anglo-Saxon alliteration.

Archive 2007-11-01 2007

The extra spacing between the bird-name and the "kennings", for instance, reflects the gulf between ornithological category and the elusive, living thing.

Poem of the week: A Trace of Wings by Edwin Morgan 2010

Tamarian also reminds me somewhat of 'kennings', poetic alllusions and circumlocations used in Nordic and Germanic literature.

Archive 2004-04-01 Ray Girvan 2004

Tamarian also reminds me somewhat of 'kennings', poetic alllusions and circumlocations used in Nordic and Germanic literature.

Darmok and other allusions Ray Girvan 2004

It was so rich, so utterly overblown, so magical, with kennings like “oak-of-battle, ” meaning warrior, and descriptions like “wish-speeding” runes.

Judith Lindbergh - An interview with author 2010

Constance - all part of the service :- The Welsh Triads are a bit like the kennings in the Prose Edda - a sort of aide memoire for poets and storytellers.

Early medieval armies: numbers Carla 2010

It felt clueless and glumfy, like my first kennings with Stella when she was a baby bird.

Ancient, Strange, and Lovely Susan Fletcher 2010

I sent a stream of kennings up to the critter, trying to calm him, keep him floating up there, out of sight.

Ancient, Strange, and Lovely Susan Fletcher 2010