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Let her and him gang to the Cuttle Well, as Aaron and me went, kenning no guile and thinking none, and with their arms round one another's waists.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

The hellicat ne'er-do-weel! to bring such a crew here, that will expect to find brandy as plenty as ditch-water, and he kenning sae absolutely the case in whilk we stand for the present!

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir

The antiquity of part at least of this story is proved by the kenning “Hagbard's collar” for halter, in a poem probably of the tenth century.

From The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 by Faraday, L. Winifred

Thorkelin knew nothing of the peculiar style of Old English poetry; he could recognize neither kenning, metaphor, nor compound.

From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster

You’ll scorn me, as I often scorn myself: But, kenning the worst, in my heart of hearts, I hanker ...

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson