A kenning is a compressed, two-word metaphor used to describe an object, person, or concept, often found in Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse poetry like Beowulf. A common form of a kenning is a "noun + -er word" compound, which describes what something does.
Compass
Pocket finder
Layway discoverer
Lost leader
Boyscout owner
Precisive pointer
Navigation player
Geographic gatherer
Magnetic searcher
Harpoon
Fish darter
Unbelievably sharper
Pointed destroyer
Ocean digger
Flying torturer
Evil whaler
Monument
Stationary poser
City dweller
Always taller
Famous stoner
Concrete loner
Graffiti gatherer
Pigeon hotelier
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