All 3 Uses of
abyss
in
Beowulf - (translated by: Ebbutt)
- Yet this was not the worst: the sea-monsters, excited by the raging tempest, rushed at me with their deadly tusks and bore me to the abyss.†
*abyss = a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit
- The warriors sat down there, and saw on the water The sea-dragons swimming to search the abysses.†
abysses = holes or dropoffs so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply frightening bottomless pits
- The blow fell with crushing force on the neck of the sea-woman, the dread wolf of the abyss, and broke the bones.†
abyss = a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit