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ofer-sprǽce

  • adjective
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ofer-sprǽce, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
speaking too much, talkative, loquacious
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  • Se ðe ofersprǽce biþ

    multiloquio subditus,

      Past. 15, 6; Swt. 97, 6.

  • Se ofersprǽcea wer

    vir linguosus,

      38, 8; Swt. 279, 21.

  • Ne beo ðú tó oferspréce ac hlyst ǽlces monnes worda swíðe georne '

    give every man thy ear, but few thy voice, '

      Prov. Kmbl. 58.

  • Salamon cwæþ, ðæt sélre wǽre tó wunigenne mid león and dracan ðonne mid yfelan wífe and ofersprǽcum,

      Homl. Th. i. 486, 33.

  • Ða . . . ofersprǽcean

    multiloquio vacantes,

      Past. 38, 6; Swt. 277, 3 : 38, 1; Swt. 271, 14.
  • [Cf. O. H. Ger. ubarsprácha zungun linguam magniloquum.]
saying more than is just or
true (v. ofer-sprecan)
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  • Ða fácnes fullan weoloras and ða ofersprǽcan

    labia dolosa,

      Ps. Th. ll, 3.

  • Ða ofersprécan ðe mé yfel cweðaþ

    qui maligne loquuntur adversum me,

      34, 24.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-sprǽce.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/24233.

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