Which Old English word-formation technique involved creating poetic metaphoric circumlocutions, and what literary purpose did these serve?

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Kennings were poetic metaphoric circumlocutions such as “sweord-freca” (sword-hero) and “here-rinc” (army-hero) used to create vivid imagery in Old English poetry.

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Affixation involved adding prefixes like ge- and suffixes like -ness to create abstract poetic expressions for literary purposes.

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Semantic extension transformed ordinary words into poetic metaphors by systematically shifting their meanings through sound changes.

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Compounding combined two nouns to form kennings, which were mandatory in all Old English prose writing.

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