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aflsmunar, liðsmunar, to feel the odds; hón kenndi í rneira lagi, she felt considerable pain; absol., þá er þeir kómu upp í heiðina, kenndi at brá lit, the colour was felt to change, it began to darken; mér kennir heiptar við e-n, I feel hatred against one; k. niðr, to touch the bottom (en er skipin kenndu niðr, þá gekk jarl á land); (7) to show, bear witness of (virðist mér ákall þetta meirr kenna ranglætis en réttvísi); (8) to call, name; k. e-t við e-n, to call after one (Helgi trúði á Krist, ok kenndi því við hann bústað sinn); (9) in poetry, to call by a periphrastic name (hvernig skal k. sól, vind); (10) k. e-m e-t, to teach one a thing (k. e-m rétta trú ok góða siðu); ek hefi kennt þér írsku at mæla, I have taught thee to speak Irish; (11) to make one do a thing(k. e-m bíta); (12) refl., kennast, to seem, appear (Ulfr kennist mér vitr maðr); recipr., svá var myrkt, at þeir kenndust eigi, that they did not know one another; goldit var honum þetta svá, at hann mun lengi kennast, he was repaid for this in a way that he will long remember; kennast við, to recognize (kenndist hann af því þegar við mennina); to confess, acknowledge (at þeir mætti við kennast sinn lítilleik).
kennandi (pl. -endr), m. (1) recognizer; (2) teacher, preacher.
kennan-ligr, a. perceptible.
kennari, m. teacher, master.
kenni, n. mark (cf. 'einkenni').
kenni-faðir, m. = lærifaðir;
-maðr, m. teacher, cleric, priest.
kennimann-ligr, a. having the air of a priest, clerical.
kennimanns-skapr, m. priesthood.
kenni-mark, n. mark (= kenni).
kenning (pl. -ar), f. (1) teaching, doctrine, lesson, esp. of preaching; kenna kenningar, to preach; (2) mark of recognition; (3) a poetical penphrasis or descriptive name.
kenningar-nafn, n. surname;
-orð, n. pl. words of admonition;
-sonr, m. alleged son.
kenni-speki, f. power of recognition.
kennsl, n. pl. (1) recognition; bera k. á e-n, to know, recognize one; (2) a charge made on evidence; hafa k. áe-m, bera k. á hendr e-m, to charge one with a thing.
kennsla, f. (1) teaching, instruction;(2)        = kennsl (1).
kenpa, f. champion (= kempa).
keppa (-ta, -t), v. to contend, strive hard; k. um e-t, to contend for or about a thing; k. við e-n, to contend with one; refl., keppast, to exert oneself; k. við e-n, to contend with or against one; k. til e-s or um e-t, to strive after, contend for a thing.
keppi-liga, adv. impetuously.
keppr, m. cudgel, club.
ker, n. tub, vessel, goblet.
kerald, n. tub.
ker-bað, n. = ker-laug.
kerfi, n. bunch, bundle (mörg spjót, er bundin vóru í k.).
ker-laug, f. bathing in a tub.
kerling (pl. -ar), f. (1) woman, wife; (2) old woman. kerlinga-villa, f. old woman's tale, nonsense (þat er nú kölluð -villa).
kerra, f. car, chariot (k. sólarinnar).
kerski, f. cheerfulness ,fun (= keski). kerski-mál, n. jest;
-máll, a. facetious;
-orð, n. pl. jokes;
-orðr, a. = -máll;
-yrði, a. pl. = -orð.
kerta-hjálmr, m. chandelier;
-klofi, m. snufers;
-stika, f. candlestick.
kerti, n. wax candle, taper.
kerti-rak, n. candle-wick;
-stika, f. = kertastika;
-sveinn, m. link-boy (attendant on a great man).
kesja, f. a kind of halberd.
kesju-lag, n. a thrust with a halberd.
keski, f. = kerski;
-fimr, a. witty.
ketil-hadda, f. kettle-handle;
-hrím, n. kettle-grime, soot.
ketill (dat. katli, pl. katlar), m. kettle, pot, cauldron (í eldahúsinu var eldr mikill ok.katlar yfir).
ketil-tak, n. taking a hot stone out of a boiling kettle (as an ordeal).
ketlingr (-s, -ar), m. kitten.
ketta, f. she-cat; giantess.
keypi-liga, adv. after the manner of a bargain.
keyr, n. choice, = kør.
keyra (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to whip,

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