The Skáldskaparmál Room
"How shall one periphrase?" -- Snorri Sturluson's systematic catalog of the language of poetry itself
Prose Edda, c. 1220 CEHow a Kenning Works
Base-word
"road"
resembles the referent
Determinant
"whale"
specifies which kind
Kenning
"whale-road"
= the sea
The Skáldskaparmál asks "How shall one periphrase X?" for each subject, then catalogs the traditional kennings used by skalds.
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