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ofer-sécan

  • verb [ weak ]
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to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard
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  • 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.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ubar-suochian, Grff. vi. 84.]
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