Ofer-sprecan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ofer-sprecan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ofer-sprecan
I. to say too much, use too many words:-- Ne flýt ðú wið ánwilne man ne wið ofersprecenne don't dispute with an obstinate man, or with one using too many words, ProII. to say too much, more than is just :-- Ofersprecendes obloquentis, Ps. Lamb. 43, 17. [O. H. Ger. ubar-sprehhan blasphemare.] ofer-sprecan

Related words: Kmbl. 5.

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