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.†
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- The warriors sat down there, and saw on the water The sea-dragons swimming to search the abysses.†
- The blow fell with crushing force on the neck of the sea-woman, the dread wolf of the abyss, and broke the bones.†
Definition:
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(abyss) a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit