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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-sécan

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1 ofer-sécan

to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard:--Wæs sió hond tó strong seó (MS. se) ðe méca gehwane swenge ofersóhte the hand was too strong, which with its stroke put every blade to too severe a trial, i. e. Beowulf struck so hard that any sword would be broken, Beo. Th. 3655 ; B. 2686. [O. H. Ger. ubar-suochian, Grff. vi. 84.] ofer-secan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛋᛖᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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