Write at least one original kenning for each of the following nouns: poet, dagger, ship, stars, singer, and river.

A kenning is a descriptive phrase that is used in place of
a standard noun.  Many kennings are compound phrases: wound-tool in
place of sword.  Others use possesive phrases: wave's horse in
place of ship.

Kennings are commonly found in Old Icelandic
and Old English poetry.  Beowulf, the famous Old English poem contains the following
kennings:

a) segl-rad (sail-road) for
sea;

b) heofon-candel (heaven-candle)
for sun;

Here are some possible kennings for the
words that you have presented:

a) poet: verse-writer,
feelings-singer

b) dagger:
back-stabber

c) ship: wave-rider,
cargo-carrier

d) stars: heaven's
twinklers

e) singer:
song-belter

f) river: banks' flow