File:Beowulf.Kenning.jpg
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A detail of the first page of the Beowulf manuscript, showing the words "ofer hron rade", i.e. "over the whale's road (=sea)". It is an example of an Old English stylistic device, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kenning" class="extiw" title="en:kenning">en:kenning</a>.
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| current | 19:46, 3 January 2017 | | 1,523 × 299 (232 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>A detail of the first page of the Beowulf manuscript, showing the words "ofer hron rade", i.e. "over the whale's road (=sea)". It is an example of an Old English stylistic device, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kenning" class="extiw" title="en:kenning">en:kenning</a>. </p> |
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