89 Colorful Kennings
Kennings Related to Weather and Places “Ancestor’s watch”—a stone circle. “Boreas’s burning”—snow blindness. “Elf-glory”—the sun. “Feather’s fall”—falling snow. “Frozen road”—ice-covered river. “Green clearing”—shaman’s gathering place. “Northern kiss”—cold wind. “River-bone”—rock. “Ship of night”—the moon. “Sky’s black cloak”—nightfall. “Swan-road”—the sea. “Thor’s laughter”—thunder. “Whale-way”—the sea. “Weather of wolves”—harsh winter (can also allude to the end times, or “Fenris’s …
