charybdis

charybdis [CL < χάρυβδις] , whirlpool; b (fig.). ~is, †forago [l. vorago] in mare GlC C 370; 9‥ carybdibus, swelgendnessum, ‥ ~ibus, hwyrfepolum WW; illa dira Caribdis que Drumlay vocatur, ubi multae naves periclitantur Plusc. VII 24. b si ‥ nefandae gentilitatis charibdibus naufragarent Aldh. VirgP 50; inter Carybdin hujus saeculi Byrht. V. Osw. 411; s1247 omnia bona talis intestati caribdis papalis deglutiret M. Par. Min. III 21n (cf. id. Maj. V 409); quasi in caribdim labimur J. Godard Ep. 221; moderniores ‥ ponentes ‥ deteriorationem posse ex Deo procedere ‥ incidunt in caribdim Wycl. Innoc. 480.

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