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