ofersprecan

== Old English == === Etymology === From ofer- +‎ sprecan. Cognate with Old High German ubarsprehhan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌo.ferˈspre.kɑn/, [ˌo.verˈspre.kɑn] === Verb === ofersprecan to say too much, use too many words to say or speak too much, more than is just ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: *overspeken English: overspeak === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ofersprecan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.