Kennings

1
Kennings

• compound poetic phrase substituted for the usual
  name of a person or thing to add information
  about the hero, such as lineage
• usually titles
• blood worm sword
• feeder of ravens warrior

2
Kennings

• Match the following kennings with their
  meanings.
• breaker of rings ship
• sword dance sun
• oar steed battle
• whale-road Beowulf
• world-candle ocean
• knowledge-giver king
• Sea-Geat teacher

3
Epithets

• a descriptive word or phrase expressing some
  quality or attribute a way to identify
• add variety and poetic imagery
• praise the hero and add information about the
  hero such as lineage, The son of Healfdeane
  (Hrothgar) my shoulder-companion (AEschere)
• aid in the memorization of these originally oral
  epic tales
• usually ______ of ________
• usually attached to a name
• Miss Postelli, Giver of Knowledge

4
Create your own Old English

• Create 3 epithets based on people everyone in the
  class knows
• Must conform to standards of epithets (not used
  as a put-down!)
• Create 1 epithet for yourself
• Create 2 kennings for common objects unfamiliar
  to the Anglo-Saxon world cars, computers, cell
  phones, etc.