Kenning (unit)
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- This article is about the unit of dry measure. For other uses, see Kenning (disambiguation)Kenning (disambiguation)Kenning may refer to:* Kenning, a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse and later Icelandic poetry* Kenning , an obsolete unit of dry measure in the Imperial systemPeople with the surname Kenning:...
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A kenning is an obsolete unit of dry measure
Dry measure
Dry measures are units of volume used to measure bulk commodities which are not gas or liquid. They are typically used in agriculture, agronomy, and commodity markets to measure grain, dried beans, and dried and fresh fruit ; formerly also salt pork and fish...
in the Imperial system
Imperial unit
The system of imperial units or the imperial system is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, which was later refined and reduced. The system came into official use across the British Empire...
, equal to two peck
Peck
A peck is an imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. Two pecks make a kenning , and four pecks make a bushel....
s or half of one bushel
Bushel
A bushel is an imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 4 pecks or 8 gallons. It is used for volumes of dry commodities , most often in agriculture...
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