wordKenningWordsA compressed metaphor-name of Old Norse and Old English verse. Not a generic epithet, and not a riddle alone.Norse traditionKenning appears in Norse tradition.Eddic verse in the Poetic Edda works by kennings, compressed metaphorical name-compounds. A named Old Norse kenning craft in that corpus, not a Homeric epithet and not a riddle for sport.from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014appears in · sourced · documentedsourcesPoetic Edda · Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation)The Poetic Edda, trans. Carolyne Larrington.