ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Whale-road

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Whale-road is a noun meaning (kenning, literary) The ocean; the open sea.

Meaning

(kenning, literary) The ocean; the open sea.

Example Sentences

In the end each clan on the outlying coasts / beyond the whale-road had to yield to him / and begin to pay tribute. That was one good king.
[…] and his name was called Scyld. He grew to man's estate, and became a mighty king, and subdued the peoples under him. All the neighboring peoples across the whale roads obeyed Scyld.

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Related dictionary entries include road, brim, flote, coast, over, euripe.

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