Kennings - Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools



Kennings

Kennings can come in 3 forms. Look at the examples in the chart below and write down the name or noun represented beside each example of a kenning.

|Compound Words |Prepositional Phrases |Possessives |

|Sky-candle |Wolf of wounds |Seabird’s bath |

|Whale-road |Winters of grief |Ocean’s face |

|Ring-giver |Shepard of evil |Heaven’s joy |

|Gold-ringed |Storm of swords |Arrow’s storm |

|Battle dew |Guardian of the people |Water’s chain |

|Sea stallion |Path of the sea |Battle’s torch |

Kennings

Kennings can come in 3 forms. Look at the examples in the chart below and write down the name or noun represented beside each example of a kenning.

|Compound Words |Prepositional Phrases |Possessives |

|Sky-candle |Wolf of wounds |Seabird’s bath |

|Whale-road |Winters of grief |Ocean’s face |

|Ring-giver |Shepard of evil |Heaven’s joy |

|Gold-ringed |Storm of swords |Arrow’s storm |

|Battle dew |Guardian of the people |Water’s chain |

|Sea stallion |Path of the sea |Battle’s torch |

Kennings

Kennings can come in 3 forms. Look at the examples in the chart below and write down the name or noun represented beside each example of a kenning.

|Compound Words |Prepositional Phrases |Possessives |

|Sky-candle |Wolf of wounds |Seabird’s bath |

|Whale-road |Winters of grief |Ocean’s face |

|Ring-giver |Shepard of evil |Heaven’s joy |

|Gold-ringed |Storm of swords |Arrow’s storm |

|Battle dew |Guardian of the people |Water’s chain |

|Sea stallion |Path of the sea |Battle’s torch |

Part One: Consider carefully how you could creatively rename each of the following through the use of the kenning technique. Choose 3 to poetically rename on your own

1. a teacher

2. a bus driver

3. firemen

4. television

5. meatloaf

6. police

7. pop tarts

8. music

9. love

10. computer

Part One: Consider carefully how you could creatively rename each of the following through the use of the kenning technique. Choose 3 to poetically rename on your own

1. a teacher

2. a bus driver

3. firemen

4. television

5. meatloaf

6. police

7. pop tarts

8. music

9. love

10. computer

Part One: Consider carefully how you could creatively rename each of the following through the use of the kenning technique. Choose 3 to poetically rename on your own

1. a teacher

2. a bus driver

3. firemen

4. television

5. meatloaf

6. police

7. pop tarts

8. music

9. love

10. computer

|Compound Words |Prepositional Phrases |Possessives |

|Sky-candle (sun) |Wolf of wounds (warrior) |Seabird’s bath (ocean) |

|Whale-road (ocean) |Winters of grief (mourning) |Ocean’s face (waves or shore) |

|Ring-giver (king) |Shepard of evil (Grendel or devil) |Heaven’s joy (morning) |

|Gold-ringed (king’s followers) |Storm of swords (battle) |Arrow’s storm (attack) |

|Battle dew (blood) |Guardian of the people (king) |Water’s chain (frost) |

|Sea stallion (ship) |Path of the sea (river) |Battle’s torch (sword) |

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