List of kennings. (Redirected from Whale-road) A kenning (Old Norse kenning[cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution (an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech) used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic poetry. This list is not intended to be comprehensive.