The skaldic kenning is frequently described as ‘riddling’ or ‘riddle-like’. Valuable work has been done (e. g. Lindow1975) in establishing the structural, linguistic, and cognitive similarities between kennings and riddles, but this has usually been done in terms of the broad modern English sense(s) of the word ‘riddle’ or ‘riddling’. This paper, more specifically, explores the comparison by examining Old Norse riddles, namely items described as gátur in their textual setting, and Old Norse kennings, in the context of each other. In doing so it highlights Old Norse poetic techniques of play and of cognition, how ‘riddling’ strategies work in context, and how both riddles and kennings provide fresh ways of perceiving and understanding the world.

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谜语和肯宁斯

斯卡达克垦丁经常被描述为“骑”或“类谜”。在建立肯宁语和谜语之间在结构，语言和认知上的相似性方面，已经进行了有价值的工作（例如Lindow1975），但这通常是根据现代英语中对“谜语”或“骑手”一词的广泛理解而完成的。 '。本文更具体地通过比较古老的挪威谜语（即在文本环境中被描述为gátur的物品和彼此之间的古老挪威语的肯宁语）来探索比较。在此过程中，它着重强调了北欧古典诗歌的游戏和认知技巧，“骑乘”策略如何在上下文中发挥作用，以及谜语和肯宁语如何为感知和理解世界提供新的方式。