What does whale-road mean?
Whale-road means (kenning, literary) The ocean; the open sea..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(kenning, literary) The ocean; the open sea..
[…] 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.
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.
Use whale-road when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whale-road means (kenning, literary) The ocean; the open sea..
Common synonyms include whale's road, whale's way.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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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