toponym
mythological
Scylla, rock located in the Straits of Messina, sometimes personified as a sea-monster:
(
c.1230;
MS: 1275-80
)
Ileoc ad un devurement, Ke la mer e devure e rent; Scille ad nun, dunt li fableant Dient ke chiens i ad baant, Pur ço ke mer tant fremist, Quant ele i entre u en ist, Ke la noise ount tut clier Li marinail loinz en la mer
Pet Phil 1539
(
c.1230;
MS: 1275-80
)
En ceste mer dous perilz sunt, Stille e Karibde les nuns unt
Pet Phil 1320
(
s.xiii3/4;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
En la mer de Sezile ad dous maneres de perilz: le un perile ad a nun Scilla, e l’autre Caribdis. E le un perile enfundre les nefs, e l’autre les depece
Liv Regions 43
Scilla (c.1230)