昨日の記事「#2677. Beowulf にみられる「王」を表わす数々の類義語」 ([2016-08-25-1]) で,古英詩の文体的技巧としての kenning に触れた.kenning の具体例は「#472. kenning」 ([2010-08-12-1]) で挙げたが,今回は Beowulf と少なくとももう1つの詩に現われる kenning の例をいくつか追加したい (Baker 136) .伏せ字をクリックすると意味が現われる.
kenning | literal sense | meaning |
---|---|---|
bāncofa, masc. | "bone-chamber" | body |
bānfæt, neut. | "bone-container" | body |
bānhūs, neut. | "bone-house" | body |
bānloca, neut. | "locked bone-enclosure" | body |
brēosthord, neut. | "breast-hoard" | feeling, thought, character |
frumgār, masc. | "first spear" | chieftain |
hronrād, fem. | "whale-road" | sea |
merestrǣt, fem. | "sea-street" | the way over the sea |
nihthelm, masc. | "night-helmet" | cover of night |
sāwoldrēor, masc. or neut. | "soul-blood" | life-blood |
sundwudu, masc. | "sea-wood" | ship |
wordhord, neut. | "word-hoard" | capacity for speech |
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