i need help with kennings from beowulf

Question

I need help with identifying kennings on beowulf text. I want to know if “He’d reached the end of his days, their mighty war-king, the great lord of the geats, gone to a glorious death”  is a kenning

Answer 1

Kennings are compound expressions with two words combined to create a metaphorical meaning. Some kennings in "Beowulf" include "water-ropes" (line 1610) to refer to icicles, "wave-crosser" (line 1907) for ship, and "gold-giver" (line 1923) to reference the king. Kennings behave like riddles in which the reader must identify what object or activity is being depicted. "Water" and "ropes" are dissimilar images but they hint that the objects are icicles because water is "rope-like" when it's an icicle. "Wave-crosser" ("Beowulf" line 1907) makes the reader think about what object crosses the waves in which "her foaming neck was fleet and buoyant, / a lapped prow leaping over currents" ("Beowulf" lines 1909-10). The object is a ship because it crosses the waves, it's fleet and buoyant, and travels over currents. "Gold-giver" ("Beowulf" line 1923) refers to a king because kings and chieftains reward their warriors with treasure for their heroic acts. Does the line you refer to in "Beowulf" have a compound phrase to describe something? What are other kennings for "king"?