(obsolete) Sight, view; specifically a distant view at sea. / (obsolete) The range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.

present participle of ken.

(zoology, obsolete, rare) A chalaza or tread of an egg (a spiral band attaching the yolk of the egg to the eggshell); a cicatricula.

(poetry) A metaphorical compound or phrase, used especially in Germanic poetry (Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.

(Northern England) A dry measure equivalent to half a bushel; a container with that capacity.

plural of kenning

plural of Kenning

A surname.

(obsolete) To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).

(transitive, chiefly Scotland) To know, perceive or understand. / (obsolete, chiefly Scotland) To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.