flitv.

Brit.

/flɪt/, U.S.

/flɪt/

Forms: Middle English flitten, Orm. flittenn, Middle English flut(t)en, Middle English–1500s flytt(e, Middle English–1500s flyt(e, Middle English–1800s flitt(e, (1500s fliet), Middle English– flit. past tense Middle English flutte, Middle English flitt, Middle English flette, flyt, 1500s flit. past participle Middle English yflit, iflut, 1600s flit,

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse flytja.

Etymology: Middle English flitten , flutten , < Old Norse flytja (Swedish flytta , Danish flytte ), < *flut- weak grade of the root of flióta : see fleet v.¹

a. transitive. To remove, transport, or take away to another place; to transfer from one position to another; to remove (a person) from his house or habitation. Now chiefly Scottish or dialect.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > removing from dwelling > remove from dwelling place [verb (transitive)]

flitc1175

displant1597

expose1632

evacuatea1639

evict1821

the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport

fangOE

flitc1175

convey1393

wainc1400

transport1483

traduce1535

port1566

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away

ateec885

withbreidec890

animOE

overbearOE

to do awayOE

flitc1175

reavec1175

takec1175

to have away?a1300

to draw awayc1300

weve13..

to wend awaya1325

withdrawa1325

remuec1325

to carry away1363

to take away1372

waive1377

to long awaya1382

oftakec1390

to draw offa1398

to do froa1400

forflitc1420

amove?a1425

to carry out?a1425

surtrayc1440

surtretec1440

twistc1440

abstract1449

ostea1450

remove1459

ablatea1475

araisea1475

redd1479

dismove1480

diminish?1504

convey1530

alienate1534

retire1536

dimove1540

reversec1540

subtractc1540

submove1542

sublate1548

pare1549

to pull in1549

exempt1553

to shift off1567

retract?1570

renversec1586

aufer1587

to lay offa1593

rear1596

retrench1596

unhearse1596

exemea1600

remote1600

to set off1600

subduct1614

rob1627

extraneize1653

to bring off1656

to pull back1656

draft1742

extract1804

reef1901

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15648 To flittenn menn till heffness ærd. Vt off þe defless walde.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1522 Ðat folk..deden him flitten hise ostel.

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1544 As regnes shal ben flitted Fro folk to folk.

c1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 155 Þen þo prest flyttes his boke north to þat oþer auter noke.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. v. 181 A Towne Wes flyttyd out of þat ilke plas Quhare it fowndyt and byggyt was.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3442 In to þat my body flitt.

1558 in Balfour Practicks (1754) 106 Scho may not flit nor remove the tenentis, occupiaris of the samin.

1572 Sempill Ball (1872) xxix. 152 That sum of thame mon flit thair kist.

a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 155 This lord..exchanged, removed, and flitted part of his Cattle..from one manor to another.

1782 J. Sinclair Observ. Sc. Dial. 84 To Flit, to remove any thing in general, particularly furniture.

1807 Overseer's Acct. in C. Wordsworth Rutland Words (1891) (at cited word) For fliting sarah Hails 1s. 6d.

1861 G. W. Dasent tr. Story Burnt Njal II. 40 They flitted home their goods and laid up the ship.

1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 257 One fine afternoon he flitted his guest out to the island.

b. spec. To shift (a tethered animal, occasionally the tether) from one spot to another, when it has eaten all the grass within reach; hence, to tether. Also, to shift the position of (a sheep-fold).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > move fold

flit?1523

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > move to different pasture

flit?1523

rechase1720

mob-stock1960

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > tether

renewc1450

tether1483

stake1544

picket1729

headline1800

flit1816

hang1835

to rack up1843

bail1846

to hang up1858

bush1871

manger1905

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. li^v Flyt hym [sc. your horse] as oft as thou wylt.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xi^v To flyt it [sc. the sheep fold] euery mornyng or nyght.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 168 Wi' tentie care I'll flit thy tether, To some hain'd rig.

1816 A. Boswell Skeldon Haughs 44 A Sow upon your land I'll tether..But deil a man o' Kyle shall flit her.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The goot (goat) were flitted to the middle cloo'es-poost.

†c. Of a boat, etc.: To serve to transport. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > serve to transport (of a boat) [verb (transitive)]

flita1400

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 25709 Penance is þat ter bord, þat fletand flittes man ouer ford..It schal him hauen of merci win.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 420 It [sc. the bate] sa litill wes yat it Mycht our ye watter bot thresum flyt.

d. Nautical. (See quots., and fleet v.¹ 12.)

ΚΠ

1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor Flitting, altering or removing a dead Eye in the Low or Top-mast Shrouds and Backstays, either to lengthen or shorten them, is called Flitting.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §143 In this way we proceeded flitting the tackle and lowering till our anchor was grounded.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §158 Having so many times to stop, overhawl, and flit..the work could not go on very speedily.

†2. To remove, get rid of (a thing); to drive away (an insect). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)]

to let awaya1000

forcast?c1225

to lay downc1275

forthrow1340

flita1375

removea1382

to cast away1382

understrewc1384

castc1390

to lay awaya1400

to lay asidec1440

slingc1440

warpiss1444

to lay from, offc1480

way-put1496

depose1526

to lay apart1526

to put off1526

to set apart1530

to turn up1541

abandonate?1561

devest1566

dispatch1569

decarta1572

discard1578

to make away1580

to fling away1587

to cast off1597

doff1599

cashier1603

to set by1603

moult1604

excuss1607

retorta1616

divest1639

deposit1646

disentail1667

dismiss1675

slough1845

shed1856

jettison1869

shake1872

offload1900

junk1911

dump1919

sluff1934

bin1940

to put down1944

shitcan1973

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of > specifically a thing

flita1375

unlade1548

degorge1622

abstrude1628

wipe1655

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away

feezec890

adriveeOE

aflemeeOE

off-driveeOE

flemeOE

withdrivec1000

adreveOE

to drive outOE

biwevea1300

chasec1300

void13..

catcha1325

firk1340

enchasec1380

huntc1385

to catch awayc1390

forcatch1393

to put offa1398

to cast awaya1400

to put outc1400

repel?a1439

exterminate1541

chasten1548

propulse1548

keir1562

hie1563

depulse1570

band1580

bandy1591

flit1595

ferret1601

profugate1603

extermine1634

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 623 Fele times haue ich fonded to flitte it fro þouȝt.

c1400 Rom. Rose 1812 So sore it stikid whan I was hit, That by no craft I might it flit.

1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. A4^v Fannes..To flit away the flisking flies.

†3. To change the condition or direction of; to alter, cause to deviate or waver; to pervert (law). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change [verb (transitive)] > change in mind or conduct

wendOE

flitc1175

convertc1374

society > law > administration of justice > [verb (transitive)] > pervert or abuse law

flit1393

bolstera1513

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute about [verb (transitive)] > cause to waver

waverc1425

flitc1480

shakec1480

staggera1625

soften1918

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13414 Ȝe sen þatt icc amm flittedd nu. Fra dæþ to lif onn erþe.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 183 If he wolde flitte The lawe for the covetise.

14.. J. Lydgate Temple Glas 1248 Late not ȝoure corage ne ȝoure force fail, Ne non assautes ȝov flitten or remeve.

c1480 (a1400) St. Lucy 279 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 395 Þar-with for to flit hyre thocht.

†4. reflexive. To betake oneself, go, direct one's course. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (reflexive)]

wendeOE

meteOE

drawc1175

flitc1175

do?c1225

kenc1275

teemc1275

movec1300

graitha1325

dightc1330

redec1330

windc1330

yieldc1330

dressa1375

raikc1400

winc1400

pass?a1425

get1492

tirec1540

flitch?1567

frame1576

betake1639

rely1641

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18038 Swa þatt teȝȝ..Wel sholldenn muȝhenn flittenn hemm. & ferrsenn fra þe defell.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15853 Vss birrþ aȝȝ. Vss flittenn towarrd criste.

13.. in Horstmann Altengl. Leg. II. 97 Bot þou flit þe ferr, For his sake þou sal far (þe) werr.

a. intransitive. To shift one's position, either in a material or immaterial sense; to be gone, depart, pass away, remove. Also with away, or const. from, †of, out of, to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > change place or position

flitc1175

passa1387

changec1390

skifta1400

shift1530

transmigrate1611

reshift1629

transfer1646

to turn over1851

reposition1947

translocate1975

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

atwendOE

awayOE

to wend awayOE

awendOE

gangOE

rimeOE

flitc1175

to fare forthc1200

depart?c1225

part?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

biwitec1300

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to draw awayc1330

passc1330

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

voidc1374

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

waive1390

to pass out ofa1398

avoida1400

to pass awaya1400

to turn awaya1400

slakec1400

wagc1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

muck1429

packc1450

recede1450

roomc1450

to show (a person) the feetc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

devoidc1485

rebatea1500

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

to go one's ways1530

retire?1543

avaunt1549

to make out1558

trudge1562

vade?1570

fly1581

leave1593

wag1594

to get off1595

to go off1600

to put off1600

shog1600

troop1600

to forsake patch1602

exit1607

hence1614

to give offa1616

to take off1657

to move off1692

to cut (also slip) the painter1699

sheera1704

to go about one's business1749

mizzle1772

to move out1792

transit1797–1803

stump it1803

to run away1809

quit1811

to clear off1816

to clear out1816

nash1819

fuff1822

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

mosey1829

slope1830

to tail out1830

to walk one's chalks1835

to take away1838

shove1844

trot1847

fade1848

evacuate1849

shag1851

to get up and get1854

to pull out1855

to cut (the) cable(s)1859

to light out1859

to pick up1872

to sling one's Daniel or hook1873

to sling (also take) one's hook1874

smoke1893

screw1896

shoot1897

voetsak1897

to tootle off1902

to ship out1908

to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909

to push off1918

to bugger off1922

biff1923

to fuck off1929

to hit, split or take the breeze1931

to jack off1931

to piss offa1935

to do a mick1937

to take a walk1937

to head off1941

to take a hike1944

moulder1945

to chuff off1947

to get lost1947

to shoot through1947

skidoo1949

to sod off1950

peel1951

bug1952

split1954

poop1961

mugger1962

frig1965

society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)]

to come awayeOE

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

awayOE

dealc1000

goOE

awendOE

rimeOE

to go one's wayOE

flitc1175

depart?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

to turn awaya1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

recede1450

roomc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

avaunt1549

trudge1562

vade?1570

discoast1571

leave1593

wag1594

to go off1600

troop1600

hence1614

to set on one's foota1616

to pull up one's stumps1647

quit1811

to clear out1816

slope1830

to walk one's chalks1835

shove1844

to roll out1850

to pull out1855

to light out1859

to take a run-out powder1909

to push off (also along)1923

the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]

forsweltc888

sweltc888

adeadeOE

deadc950

wendeOE

i-wite971

starveOE

witea1000

forfereOE

forthfareOE

forworthc1000

to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE

queleOE

fallOE

to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE

to shed (one's own) blood?a1100

diec1135

endc1175

farec1175

to give up the ghostc1175

letc1200

aswelta1250

leavea1250

to-sweltc1275

to-worthc1275

to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290

finea1300

spilla1300

part?1316

to leese one's life-daysa1325

to nim the way of deathc1325

to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330

flit1340

trance1340

determinec1374

disperisha1382

to go the way of all the eartha1382

to be gathered to one's fathers1382

miscarryc1387

shut1390

goa1393

to die upa1400

expirea1400

fleea1400

to pass awaya1400

to seek out of lifea1400–50

to sye hethena1400

tinea1400

trespass14..

espirec1430

to end one's days?a1439

decease1439

to go away?a1450

ungoc1450

unlivec1450

to change one's lifea1470

vade1495

depart1501

to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513

to decease this world1515

to go over?1520

jet1530

vade1530

to go westa1532

to pick over the perch1532

galpa1535

to die the death1535

to depart to God1548

to go home1561

mort1568

inlaikc1575

shuffle1576

finish1578

to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587

relent1587

unbreathe1589

transpass1592

to lose one's breath1596

to make a die (of it)1611

to go offa1616

fail1623

to go out1635

to peak over the percha1641

exita1652

drop1654

to knock offa1657

to kick upa1658

to pay nature her due1657

ghost1666

to march off1693

to die off1697

pike1697

to drop off1699

tip (over) the perch1699

to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703

sink1718

vent1718

to launch into eternity1719

to join the majority1721

demise1727

to pack off1735

to slip one's cable1751

turf1763

to move off1764

to pop off the hooks1764

to hop off1797

to pass on1805

to go to glory1814

sough1816

to hand in one's accounts1817

to slip one's breatha1819

croak1819

to slip one's wind1819

stiffen1820

weed1824

buy1825

to drop short1826

to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839

to get one's (also the) call1839

to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840

to unreeve one's lifeline1840

to step out1844

to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845

to hand in one's checks1845

to go off the handle1848

to go under1848

succumb1849

to turn one's toes up1851

to peg out1852

walk1858

snuff1864

to go or be up the flume1865

to pass outc1867

to cash in one's chips1870

to go (also pass over) to the majority1883

to cash in1884

to cop it1884

snuff1885

to belly up1886

perch1886

to kick the bucket1889

off1890

to knock over1892

to pass over1897

to stop one1901

to pass in1904

to hand in one's marble1911

the silver cord is loosed1911

pip1913

to cross over1915

conk1917

to check out1921

to kick off1921

to pack up1925

to step off1926

to take the ferry1928

peg1931

to meet one's Maker1933

to kiss off1935

to crease it1959

zonk1968

cark1977

to cark it1979

to take a dirt nap1981

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist

tirec725

endOE

forfareOE

goc1175

fleec1200

to wend awayc1225

diea1240

to-melta1240

to pass awaya1325

flit1340

perishc1350

vanisha1375

decorre1377

cease1382

dispend1393

failc1400

overshakec1425

surcease1439

adrawc1450

fall1523

decease1538

define1562

fleet1576

expire1595

evanish1597

extinguish1599

extirp1606

disappear1623

evaporatea1631

trans-shift1648

annihilate1656

exolve1657

cancela1667

to pass off1699

to burn out, forth1832

spark1845

to die out1853

to come, go, etc. by the board1859

sputter1964

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12765 O þatt oþerr daȝȝ Toc iesu crist to flittenn. Inn till þe land off galile.

a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 251 Ferliche ha flutteð from þe heate in to þe chele.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3762 When a man fra þis world sal flitte.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12487 Þan flitted þai vntil a tun þat cleped was chaphar-naum.

c1400 Rom. Rose 5359 Whan it [Richesse] failith, he [Love] wol flit.

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy iv. vii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 145 Out of thy mynde let not thys lesson flyt.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. vi. sig. B.iii^v But if our selfe flytte from him.

1576 S. Gosson Speculum Humanum in H. Kerton tr. Pope Innocent III Mirror Mans Lyfe (new ed.) sig. Kvij^v His lyfe shall flit, when most he trustes the same.

1619 J. Welsh in Wodr. Soc. Misc. 562 To flit owt of this lyfe.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O3 Nor is his masters knowledge from him flit Into his scholars head.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 36 The Sea frequently flitted and changed its place.

1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 64 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 559 Like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 100 Towards the fall of the summer, clergy from the southern counties had been flitting northward.

1868 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 65 Our spirits must have flitted away unconsciously.

†b. To depart, deviate, swerve from a custom, justice, law, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action

wanderc897

haltc900

flitc1175

misdrawc1300

err1303

convertc1374

foldc1380

stray1390

astray1393

swaver?a1400

to fall from ——a1425

recedec1450

depart1535

swervea1547

fag1555

flinch1578

exorbitate1600

extravagate1600

discoasta1677

tralineate1700

aberrate1749

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13430 Ȝuw iss nu baþe god & ned..To flittenn o þiss oþerr daȝȝ. Fra deofless & fra sinness.

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2704 To suche a jugge with~drawe the hope Of money, and he fro justice flittethe.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7903 Fra alde custome þai walde noȝt flytt.

c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. ii. 81 Vivian, the legate,..dothe..discommune all those that flitt from the obeysance of the kinges of England.

†c. Of a horseman: To lose his seat and fall to the ground. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > fall off

wendc1300

flit1430

unhorse1583

to be floored1826

to come (fall, get) a cropper1858

to come (also have) a buster1874

to come off1874

volunteer1890

to take a toss1917

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. ix From his sadell..he made him flytte Downe to the ground.

1458 in J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. (1859) III. 41 Som oute of her sadels flette to the grounde.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xli. 51 Some perforce flittis On grund.

†d. quasi-transitive. To migrate from (a place); to change (places); to shift (one's camp, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > migrate from (a place) [verb (transitive)]

flitc1330

the world > movement > cause to move [verb (transitive)] > change (place or position)

shift1570

flit1674

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > change (residence)

flit1674

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13654 Wyþ force he dide hem flitte þet stede.

1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 52 The moist part flittit camp and went to Lynlythquow.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 139 Spirits change their Beings..far otherwise than bodies do when they flit places.

1715 in Roxburghe Ballads VI. 620 While I have might, I will you fight, from Stirling flit your Den, Sir.

6. To remove from one habitation to another, change one's residence, ‘move’. Chiefly northern or Scottish. (In proverbial expressions often opposed to sit.)

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > change residence

remove1388

flit1504

shift1530

to pull up stakes1703

movea1707

emigrate1841

uproota1961

to pick up stakes1974

1504 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 191 I will flitt at this next Mighelmas.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. iii. sig. D.j Fast for to sitte, And not oft to flitte.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 141 Theire desire..is to goe to theire newe Masters eyther on a tewsday or on a thursday, for..they say, ‘munday flitte, neaver sitte’.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 105 Fools are fain of flitting, and wise Men of sitting.

1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. v. 80 When you need to flit, there's a house of mine standing empty that you can take at any time.

†7.

a. To change from one state, condition, or direction to another; to alter, shift about, give way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)]

wendeOE

braidOE

change?c1225

turnc1300

remue1340

varyc1369

flitc1386

strange1390

alter?a1425

degenerate1548

variate1605

commutatea1652

veer1670

mutate1818

reschedule1887

switch1906

to change up1920

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > waver

flecchec1300

waverc1315

remue1340

shake1340

flitc1386

flow1434

falter1521

flitter1543

to waver as, like, with the wind1548

rove1549

float1598

jarga1614

give ground1662

weaken1876

unbend1877

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > be inconstant [verb (intransitive)]

flitc1386

waivec1425

flitter1543

to play fast and loose1557

range1557

vary1557

halve1566

to blow hot and cold1577

flirt1578

laveer1598

to weathercock it1654

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋295 God..that may not chaunge and flitte.

c1450 How Wise Man tauȝt Sonne (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 51 Neiþer hasti for to chaunge ne flitte.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 261 Off this fals failȝeand warld I tyre, That euermore flytis lyk ane phane.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. C8^v On a sandie hill, that still did flitt, And fall away, it [sc. the palace] mounted was full hie.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxi. 58 If ȝe be constant, I sall neuer change; If ȝe be fickle, I am forc't to flitt.

1726 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd (ed. 2) ii. iv. 29 Your Thoughts may flit, and I may thole the Wrang.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. App. D p. xxxv The intellectual eyes of the Many flit, and are incapable of looking fixedly toward the God-like.

b. Of a flame: To die down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > become fire [verb (intransitive)] > subside (of fire or flame)

falleOE

slakec1340

sink1611

burn low1834

flit1839

to die down1895

1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. xi. 245 Like a candle burnt down to the socket,—flitting and flaring alternately.

1887 A. C. Swinburne Locrine i. i. 261 Thy smile is as a flame that plays and flits.

a. To move along, pass, proceed; to pass lightly or softly and (usually) with rapidity or suddenness. Often with adverbs, as about, away, by, to and fro, etc. Said both of material and immaterial things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > lightly

flitc1430

whitter1513

skifta1586

whidc1730

waltz1862

skifter1887

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. vi. 42 b Or that I any farther flitte..To diuines this matter I committe.

c1440 York Myst. xv. 34 Flitte faste ouere thees felles.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. viii. 386 Forced to flee to the mountaines where he liued three months..flitting vp and downe with ten or twelue followers.

1619 E. M. Bolton in tr. Florus Rom. Hist. Pref. The varietie of matter makes the mind abruptly flit from one thing to another.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. B7^v Sith my wandring Bark so far is gone, And flitten forth upon the Ocean main.

1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 192 The clouds that flit, or slowly float away.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 111 When flits this Cross from man to man.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvi. 143 Postmen..flit restlessly to and fro.

1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude xiii. 272 I seemed to see the various races who had occupied this very the spot flit by.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 61 Unawares they flitted off, Busying themselves about the flowerage.

b. esp. Of a bird or other winged creature: To fly lightly and swiftly; also, to make short and swift flights, to flutter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly

flusha1300

soarc1384

fly1480

flitter1483

flit1535

fleck1567

flirt1582

wagtail1606

waft1682

to take to wing1693

flaffer17..

to take (its, etc.) wing1807

skirl1859

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > fly (as) with wings > rapidly

flit1535

clip1616

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > flutter

flickerc1000

flackerc1400

flitter1483

quitter1513

flack1567

fleck1567

flusker1660

flaffer17..

flit1700

skimmer1824

flutter1853

volitate1866

flurry1883

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras v. 6 And the foules shal flyt, and the Sodomitysh see shall cast out his fish.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie liv. 34 Downe the flie againe flitth.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn7^v Faire Pegasus, that flitteth in the ayre.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 120 With Wings endu'd..and sent to flit in Air.

1817 T. Campbell Reullura in Poems 17 The bat flits to and fro.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 15 Like the caged bird escaping suddenly, The little innocent soul flitted away.

c. Of time: To pass away.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [verb (intransitive)]

overgoeOE

agoeOE

goOE

forthgoOE

runOE

overdrivea1275

farea1325

overmetea1325

walka1325

passc1330

slidec1374

yern1377

to pass overa1382

wastec1385

waive1390

to pass awaya1400

overseyc1400

drive?c1450

to drive ona1470

slevea1510

to roll awaya1522

to roll overa1522

to wear out, forth1525

flit1574

to pass on1574

to run on1578

overhie1582

wear1597

overslip1607

spend1607

travel1609

to go bya1616

elapsea1644

to come round1650

efflux1660

to roll round1684

lapse1702

roll1731

to roll around1769

to roll by1790

transpire1824

to come around1829

tide1835

elabe1837

tick1937

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > be transitory, fly past [verb (intransitive)]

speeda1400

unlasta1400

fleeta1542

flit1574

fly1609

spin1849

1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 706 Time flitted away quickly.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 8 Hee shal bee the regent, vntil yeers thirtye be flitted.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 72 So smoothly o'er our heads the days did flit.

†9. To sustain existence, to live by (i.e. upon). Obsolete. [Compare Old Norse flytja to provide with necessaries (a figurative application of the original sense ‘to ferry, help forward’), whence reflexive flytjask to maintain oneself.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (intransitive)] > maintain life with food

liveeOE

flit?c1225

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 314 Nanancre seruant ne achte..to asken iset hure bute mete ant clað þet ha mei flutte bi.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 151 Al swa ȝisceð an ȝiscere þet eteð moni þusent dalen þet me muchte þer bi flutten.

Derivatives

† flit adj. Obsolete = flitted adj.

ΚΠ

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. I5 All flit souls be not in the same taking.

† ˈflitted adj. Obsolete that has gone away, departed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] > that has passed away

flitted1590

flit1642

flitten1642

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G So hardly he the flitted life does win, Vnto her natiue prison to retourne.

† †ˈflitten adj. Obsolete = flitted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] > that has passed away

flitted1590

flit1642

flitten1642

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. H5 The..flitten or shrunk spright.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	flit
释义	flitn.¹ Brit. /flɪt/, U.S. /flɪt/ Etymology: < flit v. The action of flitting. a. A removal; spec. do a flit, to decamp. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > change of residence flittingc1175 removinga1425 remove1555 removal1605 motion1634 flit1835 move1853 shift1871 locomutationa1884 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily fleec825 runOE swervea1225 biwevec1275 skip1338 streekc1380 warpa1400 yerna1400 smoltc1400 stepc1460 to flee (one's) touch?1515 skirr1548 rubc1550 to make awaya1566 lope1575 scuddle1577 scoura1592 to take the start1600 to walk off1604 to break awaya1616 to make off1652 to fly off1667 scuttle1681 whew1684 scamper1687 whistle off1689 brush1699 to buy a brush1699 to take (its, etc.) wing1704 decamp1751 to take (a) French leave1751 morris1765 to rush off1794 to hop the twig1797 to run along1803 scoot1805 to take off1815 speela1818 to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 absquatulize1829 mosey1829 absquatulate1830 put1834 streak1834 vamoose1834 to put out1835 cut1836 stump it1841 scratch1843 scarper1846 to vamoose the ranch1847 hook1851 shoo1851 slide1859 to cut and run1861 get1861 skedaddle1862 bolt1864 cheese it1866 to do a bunkc1870 to wake snakes1872 bunk1877 nit1882 to pull one's freight1884 fooster1892 to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892 smoke1893 mooch1899 to fly the coop1901 skyhoot1901 shemozzle1902 to light a shuck1905 to beat it1906 pooter1907 to take a run-out powder1909 blow1912 to buzz off1914 to hop it1914 skate1915 beetle1919 scram1928 amscray1931 boogie1940 skidoo1949 bug1950 do a flit1952 to do a scarper1958 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 to do a runner1980 to be (also get, go) ghost1986 1835 N. P. Willis in A. G. L'Estrange Friendships M. R. Mitford (1882) I. 289 A flit from London and a visit to Reading. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 60 ‘A moonlight flit’, a decampment by night with the furniture, to cheat the landlord. 1952 M. Tripp Faith is Windsock vii. 108 They'll say I got windy and did a flit. 1964 R. Braddon Year Angry Rabbit (1967) ii. 16 A fourth [daughter]..had cunningly got herself pregnant by the one pathologist in the team who was too honourable to do a flit. 1970 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 27 Dec. 16/3 They live on the generosity of the small country storekeeper, then do a flit. b. A light movement, as of a bird's wing; a flutter; a light touch. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [noun] > a light touch attouchment1484 attouchinga1492 flit1873 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > fluttering or flickering > a fluttering or flickering movement flutter1641 waver1826 flicker1857 flit1873 flitter1892 1873 A. I. Thackeray Old Kensington xii. 99 There was a vague flit and consternation in the darkness at the farther end of the room. 1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema III. liv. 242 A flit of fancy touched me. 1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley II. viii. 158 Kneading it firmly with some rapid flits of thumb. c. (See quots. 1942¹, 1942².) Also attributive or as adj. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male badlingeOE nan1670 molly1708 Miss Molly1754 Miss Nancy1824 molly mop1829 poof1833 Margery?c1855 Mary Ann1868 pretty-boy1881 cocksucker1885 poofter1889 queer1894 fruit1895 fairy1896 homosexualist1898 puff1902 pussy1904 nance1910 quean1910 girl1912 faggot1913 mouser1914 queen1919 fag1921 gay boy1921 maricon1921 pie-face1922 bitch1923 Jessie1923 tapette1923 pansy1926 nancy boy1927 nelly1931 femme1932 ponce1932 punk1933 queerie1933 gobbler1934 jocker1935 queenie1935 iron1936 freak1941 swish1941 flit1942 tonk1943 wonk1945 mother1947 fruitcake1952 Mary1953 twink1953 swishy1959 limp wrist1960 arse bandit1961 leather man1961 booty bandit1962 ginger beer1964 bummer1965 poofteroo1966 shirtlifter1966 battyman1967 dick-sucker1968 mo1968 a friend of Dorothy1972 shim1973 gaylord1976 twinkie1977 woofter1977 bender1986 knob jockey1989 batty boy1992 cake boy1992 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §405.2 Effeminate man,..Fauntleroy, flit, fuddyduddy. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §508.4 Male homosexual,..flit, four-letter man, fruit, fruiter. 1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye xix. 170 Sometimes it was hard to believe, the people he said were flits and lesbians. 1964 ‘E. Lacy’ Pity Honest ii. 30 ‘Could he have been on the flit side?’ ‘Doubt that,..not that I'm any authority on queers.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Flitn.² Brit. /flɪt/, U.S. /flɪt/ Etymology: < flit v. The proprietary name of an insecticide. Flit gun, a syringe intended for use in spraying insecticides. ΚΠ 1923 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 27 Nov. 723/1 Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)..Flit. Insecticide. Claims use since May 17, 1923. 1926 Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Mar. 628 Flit, chemical substances used for Agricultural, Horticultural, Veterinary and Sanitary purposes. Standard Oil Company..New Jersey. 1926 Trade Marks Jrnl. 10 Nov. 2513 Flit, Sprayers, Squirt-guns and Atomizers..Standard Oil Company..New Jersey. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 310/2 She had had the foresight to buy a metal spray and a tin of insecticide called Flit. With Flit we had come scatheless through Persia. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 310/2 Even our Flit gun ceased to interest him. 1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xvi. 186 You ought to spray him with flit. 1948 C. Day Lewis Otterbury Incident iv. 43 They had a pail of muddy water..and one of those Flit guns loaded with it. 1958 Times 7 Aug. 3/4 They only had a Flit-gun, the sort of thing we used in India to keep the mosquitoes off. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † flitadj. Forms: Also flitt. Etymology: variant of fleet adj.¹, the form being influenced by flit v. Compare also flight adj. poetic. Obsolete. a. Swift, nimble, quickly-moving. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly and briskly lightOE quiverOE wight1390 yerna1400 sharpc1440 fisking?1523 skeetc1540 nimblea1547 flit1590 brisk1599 brisky1600 smart1602 whipping1602 running1662 nimble-movinga1676 snack1710 brushing1792 adance1828 slippy1847 nippy1849 smartish1921 hoppy1934 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. Q3 And in his hand two dartes exceeding flit, And deadly sharp he held. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn7 Now like a Hag, now like a faulcon flit. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiv. lxxii. 265 That flit birde that Ioues hot weapon beares. b. Fleeting, shifting; light, airy, unsubstantial. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] flittingc1374 aerya1398 bottomlessa1413 hollowa1529 flittering1549 wanzing1571 aerial1581 slight1585 flit1590 windy1593 filmy1594 tenuous1597 unsubstantial1597 yeasty1598 thingless1599 airy1600 spare1602 spongy1603 insubstantial1607 baselessa1616 thina1616 insolid1618 insubstantiate1621 tenuious1634 bubble1635 thin-spun1638 subventaneous1646 unsubstanceda1658 whipped1673 aericala1678 huffy1678 blatherya1693 naughty1696 substanceless1784 vapoury1818 aeriform1827 airified1837 blow-away1858 non-substantial1858 unbased1860 evasive1881 stuffless1896 fabricless1905 lighter-than-air1909 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] slidinga900 scrithingOE henwardOE swifta1225 short livya1325 passing1340 flittingc1374 shadowy1374 temporalc1384 speedfula1400 transitory?c1400 brittlea1425 unabidingc1430 frail?c1450 indurablec1450 scrithel?c1475 caduke1483 transitorious1492 passanta1500 perishinga1500 caducea1513 fugitive?1518 caducal?1548 quick1548 delible1549 flittering1549 undurable?1555 shadowish1561 fleeting1563 vading1566 flightful1571 wanzing1571 transitive1575 slipping1581 diary1583 unlasting1585 never-lasting1588 flit1590 post-like1594 running1598 short-lived1598 short-winded1598 transient1599 unpermanent1607 flashy1609 of a day1612 passable1613 dureless1614 urgenta1616 waxena1616 decayable1617 horary1620 evanid1626 fugitable1628 short-dated1632 fugacious1635 ephemerala1639 impermanent1653 fungous1655 volatile1655 ephemerousa1660 unimmortal1667 timesome1674 while-being1674 of passage1680 journal1685 ephemeron1714 admovent1727 evanescent1728 meteorous1750 deciduous1763 preterient1786 ephemeridal1795 meteorica1802 meteor1803 ephemerean1804 ephemerid1804 evanescing1805 fleeted1810 fleet1812 unenduring1814 unremaining1817 unimmortalized1839 impersistent1849 flighty1850 uneternal1862 caducous1863 diurnal1866 horarious1866 brisk1879 evasive1881 picaresque1959 the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > extremely > light as air flit1590 aerial1606 airya1631 aery-light1667 blow-away1858 lighter-than-air1909 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Nn On the rockes he fell so flit and light, That he thereby receiu'd no hurt at all. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc5^v Therewith a while she her flit fancy fedd. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vii. vii. 86 Life it self's as flit as is the aire we breathe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). flitv. Brit. /flɪt/, U.S. /flɪt/ Forms: Middle English flitten, Orm. flittenn, Middle English flut(t)en, Middle English–1500s flytt(e, Middle English–1500s flyt(e, Middle English–1800s flitt(e, (1500s fliet), Middle English– flit. past tense Middle English flutte, Middle English flitt, Middle English flette, flyt, 1500s flit. past participle Middle English yflit, iflut, 1600s flit, Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse flytja. Etymology: Middle English flitten , flutten , < Old Norse flytja (Swedish flytta , Danish flytte ), < flut- weak grade of the root of flióta* : see fleet v.¹ 1. a. transitive. To remove, transport, or take away to another place; to transfer from one position to another; to remove (a person) from his house or habitation. Now chiefly Scottish or dialect. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > removing from dwelling > remove from dwelling place [verb (transitive)] flitc1175 displant1597 expose1632 evacuatea1639 evict1821 the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport fangOE flitc1175 convey1393 wainc1400 transport1483 traduce1535 port1566 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away ateec885 withbreidec890 animOE overbearOE to do awayOE flitc1175 reavec1175 takec1175 to have away?a1300 to draw awayc1300 weve13.. to wend awaya1325 withdrawa1325 remuec1325 to carry away1363 to take away1372 waive1377 to long awaya1382 oftakec1390 to draw offa1398 to do froa1400 forflitc1420 amove?a1425 to carry out?a1425 surtrayc1440 surtretec1440 twistc1440 abstract1449 ostea1450 remove1459 ablatea1475 araisea1475 redd1479 dismove1480 diminish?1504 convey1530 alienate1534 retire1536 dimove1540 reversec1540 subtractc1540 submove1542 sublate1548 pare1549 to pull in1549 exempt1553 to shift off1567 retract?1570 renversec1586 aufer1587 to lay offa1593 rear1596 retrench1596 unhearse1596 exemea1600 remote1600 to set off1600 subduct1614 rob1627 extraneize1653 to bring off1656 to pull back1656 draft1742 extract1804 reef1901 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15648 To flittenn menn till heffness ærd. Vt off þe defless walde. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1522 Ðat folk..deden him flitten hise ostel. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1544 As regnes shal ben flitted Fro folk to folk. c1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 155 Þen þo prest flyttes his boke north to þat oþer auter noke. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. v. 181 A Towne Wes flyttyd out of þat ilke plas Quhare it fowndyt and byggyt was. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3442 In to þat my body flitt. 1558 in Balfour Practicks (1754) 106 Scho may not flit nor remove the tenentis, occupiaris of the samin. 1572 Sempill Ball (1872) xxix. 152 That sum of thame mon flit thair kist. a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 155 This lord..exchanged, removed, and flitted part of his Cattle..from one manor to another. 1782 J. Sinclair Observ. Sc. Dial. 84 To Flit, to remove any thing in general, particularly furniture. 1807 Overseer's Acct. in C. Wordsworth Rutland Words (1891) (at cited word) For fliting sarah Hails 1s. 6d. 1861 G. W. Dasent tr. Story Burnt Njal II. 40 They flitted home their goods and laid up the ship. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 257 One fine afternoon he flitted his guest out to the island. b. spec. To shift (a tethered animal, occasionally the tether) from one spot to another, when it has eaten all the grass within reach; hence, to tether. Also, to shift the position of (a sheep-fold). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > move fold flit?1523 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > move to different pasture flit?1523 rechase1720 mob-stock1960 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > tether renewc1450 tether1483 stake1544 picket1729 headline1800 flit1816 hang1835 to rack up1843 bail1846 to hang up1858 bush1871 manger1905 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. li^v Flyt hym [sc. your horse] as oft as thou wylt. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xi^v To flyt it [sc. the sheep fold] euery mornyng or nyght. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 168 Wi' tentie care I'll flit thy tether, To some hain'd rig. 1816 A. Boswell Skeldon Haughs 44 A Sow upon your land I'll tether..But deil a man o' Kyle shall flit her. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The goot (goat) were flitted to the middle cloo'es-poost. †c. Of a boat, etc.: To serve to transport. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > serve to transport (of a boat) [verb (transitive)] flita1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 25709 Penance is þat ter bord, þat fletand flittes man ouer ford..It schal him hauen of merci win. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 420 It [sc. the bate] sa litill wes yat it Mycht our ye watter bot thresum flyt. d. Nautical. (See quots., and fleet v.¹ 12.) ΚΠ 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor Flitting, altering or removing a dead Eye in the Low or Top-mast Shrouds and Backstays, either to lengthen or shorten them, is called Flitting. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §143 In this way we proceeded flitting the tackle and lowering till our anchor was grounded. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §158 Having so many times to stop, overhawl, and flit..the work could not go on very speedily. †2. To remove, get rid of (a thing); to drive away (an insect). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] to let awaya1000 forcast?c1225 to lay downc1275 forthrow1340 flita1375 removea1382 to cast away1382 understrewc1384 castc1390 to lay awaya1400 to lay asidec1440 slingc1440 warpiss1444 to lay from, offc1480 way-put1496 depose1526 to lay apart1526 to put off1526 to set apart1530 to turn up1541 abandonate?1561 devest1566 dispatch1569 decarta1572 discard1578 to make away1580 to fling away1587 to cast off1597 doff1599 cashier1603 to set by1603 moult1604 excuss1607 retorta1616 divest1639 deposit1646 disentail1667 dismiss1675 slough1845 shed1856 jettison1869 shake1872 offload1900 junk1911 dump1919 sluff1934 bin1940 to put down1944 shitcan1973 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of > specifically a thing flita1375 unlade1548 degorge1622 abstrude1628 wipe1655 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away feezec890 adriveeOE aflemeeOE off-driveeOE flemeOE withdrivec1000 adreveOE to drive outOE biwevea1300 chasec1300 void13.. catcha1325 firk1340 enchasec1380 huntc1385 to catch awayc1390 forcatch1393 to put offa1398 to cast awaya1400 to put outc1400 repel?a1439 exterminate1541 chasten1548 propulse1548 keir1562 hie1563 depulse1570 band1580 bandy1591 flit1595 ferret1601 profugate1603 extermine1634 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 623 Fele times haue ich fonded to flitte it fro þouȝt. c1400 Rom. Rose 1812 So sore it stikid whan I was hit, That by no craft I might it flit. 1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. A4^v Fannes..To flit away the flisking flies. †3. To change the condition or direction of; to alter, cause to deviate or waver; to pervert (law). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (transitive)] > change in mind or conduct wendOE flitc1175 convertc1374 society > law > administration of justice > [verb (transitive)] > pervert or abuse law flit1393 bolstera1513 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute about [verb (transitive)] > cause to waver waverc1425 flitc1480 shakec1480 staggera1625 soften1918 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13414 Ȝe sen þatt icc amm flittedd nu. Fra dæþ to lif onn erþe. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 183 If he wolde flitte The lawe for the covetise. 14.. J. Lydgate Temple Glas 1248 Late not ȝoure corage ne ȝoure force fail, Ne non assautes ȝov flitten or remeve. c1480 (a1400) St. Lucy 279 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 395 Þar-with for to flit hyre thocht. †4. reflexive. To betake oneself, go, direct one's course. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (reflexive)] wendeOE meteOE drawc1175 flitc1175 do?c1225 kenc1275 teemc1275 movec1300 graitha1325 dightc1330 redec1330 windc1330 yieldc1330 dressa1375 raikc1400 winc1400 pass?a1425 get1492 tirec1540 flitch?1567 frame1576 betake1639 rely1641 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18038 Swa þatt teȝȝ..Wel sholldenn muȝhenn flittenn hemm. & ferrsenn fra þe defell. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15853 Vss birrþ aȝȝ. Vss flittenn towarrd criste. 13.. in Horstmann Altengl. Leg. II. 97 Bot þou flit þe ferr, For his sake þou sal far (þe) werr. 5. a. intransitive. To shift one's position, either in a material or immaterial sense; to be gone, depart, pass away, remove. Also with away, or const. from, †of, out of, to. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > change place or position flitc1175 passa1387 changec1390 skifta1400 shift1530 transmigrate1611 reshift1629 transfer1646 to turn over1851 reposition1947 translocate1975 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] to come awayeOE wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE awayOE dealc1000 goOE awendOE rimeOE to go one's wayOE flitc1175 depart?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 to turn awaya1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 recede1450 roomc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 avaunt1549 trudge1562 vade?1570 discoast1571 leave1593 wag1594 to go off1600 troop1600 hence1614 to set on one's foota1616 to pull up one's stumps1647 quit1811 to clear out1816 slope1830 to walk one's chalks1835 shove1844 to roll out1850 to pull out1855 to light out1859 to take a run-out powder1909 to push off (also along)1923 the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist tirec725 endOE forfareOE goc1175 fleec1200 to wend awayc1225 diea1240 to-melta1240 to pass awaya1325 flit1340 perishc1350 vanisha1375 decorre1377 cease1382 dispend1393 failc1400 overshakec1425 surcease1439 adrawc1450 fall1523 decease1538 define1562 fleet1576 expire1595 evanish1597 extinguish1599 extirp1606 disappear1623 evaporatea1631 trans-shift1648 annihilate1656 exolve1657 cancela1667 to pass off1699 to burn out, forth1832 spark1845 to die out1853 to come, go, etc. by the board1859 sputter1964 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12765 O þatt oþerr daȝȝ Toc iesu crist to flittenn. Inn till þe land off galile. a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 251 Ferliche ha flutteð from þe heate in to þe chele. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3762 When a man fra þis world sal flitte. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12487 Þan flitted þai vntil a tun þat cleped was chaphar-naum. c1400 Rom. Rose 5359 Whan it [Richesse] failith, he [Love] wol flit. 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy iv. vii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 145 Out of thy mynde let not thys lesson flyt. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. vi. sig. B.iii^v But if our selfe flytte from him. 1576 S. Gosson Speculum Humanum in H. Kerton tr. Pope Innocent III Mirror Mans Lyfe (new ed.) sig. Kvij^v His lyfe shall flit, when most he trustes the same. 1619 J. Welsh in Wodr. Soc. Misc. 562 To flit owt of this lyfe. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O3 Nor is his masters knowledge from him flit Into his scholars head. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 36 The Sea frequently flitted and changed its place. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 64 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 559 Like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 100 Towards the fall of the summer, clergy from the southern counties had been flitting northward. 1868 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 65 Our spirits must have flitted away unconsciously. †b. To depart, deviate, swerve from a custom, justice, law, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action wanderc897 haltc900 flitc1175 misdrawc1300 err1303 convertc1374 foldc1380 stray1390 astray1393 swaver?a1400 to fall from ——a1425 recedec1450 depart1535 swervea1547 fag1555 flinch1578 exorbitate1600 extravagate1600 discoasta1677 tralineate1700 aberrate1749 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13430 Ȝuw iss nu baþe god & ned..To flittenn o þiss oþerr daȝȝ. Fra deofless & fra sinness. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2704 To suche a jugge with~drawe the hope Of money, and he fro justice flittethe. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7903 Fra alde custome þai walde noȝt flytt. c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. ii. 81 Vivian, the legate,..dothe..discommune all those that flitt from the obeysance of the kinges of England. †c. Of a horseman: To lose his seat and fall to the ground. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > fall off wendc1300 flit1430 unhorse1583 to be floored1826 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 to come (also have) a buster1874 to come off1874 volunteer1890 to take a toss1917 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. ix From his sadell..he made him flytte Downe to the ground. 1458 in J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. (1859) III. 41 Som oute of her sadels flette to the grounde. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xli. 51 Some perforce flittis On grund. †d. quasi-transitive. To migrate from (a place); to change (places); to shift (one's camp, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > migrate from (a place) [verb (transitive)] flitc1330 the world > movement > cause to move [verb (transitive)] > change (place or position) shift1570 flit1674 society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > change (residence) flit1674 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13654 Wyþ force he dide hem flitte þet stede. 1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 52 The moist part flittit camp and went to Lynlythquow. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 139 Spirits change their Beings..far otherwise than bodies do when they flit places. 1715 in Roxburghe Ballads VI. 620 While I have might, I will you fight, from Stirling flit your Den, Sir. 6. To remove from one habitation to another, change one's residence, ‘move’. Chiefly northern or Scottish. (In proverbial expressions often opposed to sit.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > change residence remove1388 flit1504 shift1530 to pull up stakes1703 movea1707 emigrate1841 uproota1961 to pick up stakes1974 1504 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 191 I will flitt at this next Mighelmas. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. iii. sig. D.j Fast for to sitte, And not oft to flitte. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 141 Theire desire..is to goe to theire newe Masters eyther on a tewsday or on a thursday, for..they say, ‘munday flitte, neaver sitte’. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 105 Fools are fain of flitting, and wise Men of sitting. 1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. v. 80 When you need to flit, there's a house of mine standing empty that you can take at any time. †7. a. To change from one state, condition, or direction to another; to alter, shift about, give way. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE braidOE change?c1225 turnc1300 remue1340 varyc1369 flitc1386 strange1390 alter?a1425 degenerate1548 variate1605 commutatea1652 veer1670 mutate1818 reschedule1887 switch1906 to change up1920 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > waver flecchec1300 waverc1315 remue1340 shake1340 flitc1386 flow1434 falter1521 flitter1543 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 rove1549 float1598 jarga1614 give ground1662 weaken1876 unbend1877 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > be inconstant [verb (intransitive)] flitc1386 waivec1425 flitter1543 to play fast and loose1557 range1557 vary1557 halve1566 to blow hot and cold1577 flirt1578 laveer1598 to weathercock it1654 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋295 God..that may not chaunge and flitte. c1450 How Wise Man tauȝt Sonne (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 51 Neiþer hasti for to chaunge ne flitte. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 261 Off this fals failȝeand warld I tyre, That euermore flytis lyk ane phane. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. C8^v On a sandie hill, that still did flitt, And fall away, it [sc. the palace] mounted was full hie. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxi. 58 If ȝe be constant, I sall neuer change; If ȝe be fickle, I am forc't to flitt. 1726 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd (ed. 2) ii. iv. 29 Your Thoughts may flit, and I may thole the Wrang. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. App. D p. xxxv The intellectual eyes of the Many flit, and are incapable of looking fixedly toward the God-like. b. Of a flame: To die down. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > become fire [verb (intransitive)] > subside (of fire or flame) falleOE slakec1340 sink1611 burn low1834 flit1839 to die down1895 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. xi. 245 Like a candle burnt down to the socket,—flitting and flaring alternately. 1887 A. C. Swinburne Locrine i. i. 261 Thy smile is as a flame that plays and flits. 8. a. To move along, pass, proceed; to pass lightly or softly and (usually) with rapidity or suddenness. Often with adverbs, as about, away, by, to and fro, etc. Said both of material and immaterial things. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > lightly flitc1430 whitter1513 skifta1586 whidc1730 waltz1862 skifter1887 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. vi. 42 b Or that I any farther flitte..To diuines this matter I committe. c1440 York Myst. xv. 34 Flitte faste ouere thees felles. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. viii. 386 Forced to flee to the mountaines where he liued three months..flitting vp and downe with ten or twelue followers. 1619 E. M. Bolton in tr. Florus Rom. Hist. Pref. The varietie of matter makes the mind abruptly flit from one thing to another. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. B7^v Sith my wandring Bark so far is gone, And flitten forth upon the Ocean main. 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 192 The clouds that flit, or slowly float away. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 111 When flits this Cross from man to man. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvi. 143 Postmen..flit restlessly to and fro. 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude xiii. 272 I seemed to see the various races who had occupied this very the spot flit by. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 61 Unawares they flitted off, Busying themselves about the flowerage. b. esp. Of a bird or other winged creature: To fly lightly and swiftly; also, to make short and swift flights, to flutter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly flusha1300 soarc1384 fly1480 flitter1483 flit1535 fleck1567 flirt1582 wagtail1606 waft1682 to take to wing1693 flaffer17.. to take (its, etc.) wing1807 skirl1859 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > fly (as) with wings > rapidly flit1535 clip1616 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > flutter flickerc1000 flackerc1400 flitter1483 quitter1513 flack1567 fleck1567 flusker1660 flaffer17.. flit1700 skimmer1824 flutter1853 volitate1866 flurry1883 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras v. 6 And the foules shal flyt, and the Sodomitysh see shall cast out his fish. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie liv. 34 Downe the flie againe flitth. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn7^v Faire Pegasus, that flitteth in the ayre. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 120 With Wings endu'd..and sent to flit in Air. 1817 T. Campbell Reullura in Poems 17 The bat flits to and fro. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 15 Like the caged bird escaping suddenly, The little innocent soul flitted away. c. Of time: To pass away. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] overgoeOE agoeOE goOE forthgoOE runOE overdrivea1275 farea1325 overmetea1325 walka1325 passc1330 slidec1374 yern1377 to pass overa1382 wastec1385 waive1390 to pass awaya1400 overseyc1400 drive?c1450 to drive ona1470 slevea1510 to roll awaya1522 to roll overa1522 to wear out, forth1525 flit1574 to pass on1574 to run on1578 overhie1582 wear1597 overslip1607 spend1607 travel1609 to go bya1616 elapsea1644 to come round1650 efflux1660 to roll round1684 lapse1702 roll1731 to roll around1769 to roll by1790 transpire1824 to come around1829 tide1835 elabe1837 tick1937 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > be transitory, fly past [verb (intransitive)] speeda1400 unlasta1400 fleeta1542 flit1574 fly1609 spin1849 1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 706 Time flitted away quickly. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 8 Hee shal bee the regent, vntil yeers thirtye be flitted. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 72 So smoothly o'er our heads the days did flit. †9. To sustain existence, to live by (i.e. upon). Obsolete. [Compare Old Norse flytja to provide with necessaries (a figurative application of the original sense ‘to ferry, help forward’), whence reflexive flytjask to maintain oneself.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (intransitive)] > maintain life with food liveeOE flit?c1225 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 314 Nanancre seruant ne achte..to asken iset hure bute mete ant clað þet ha mei flutte bi. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 151 Al swa ȝisceð an ȝiscere þet eteð moni þusent dalen þet me muchte þer bi flutten. Derivatives † flit adj. Obsolete = flitted adj. ΚΠ 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. I5 All flit souls be not in the same taking. † ˈflitted adj. Obsolete that has gone away, departed. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] > that has passed away flitted1590 flit1642 flitten1642 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G So hardly he the flitted life does win, Vnto her natiue prison to retourne. † †ˈflitten adj. Obsolete = flitted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] > that has passed away flitted1590 flit1642 flitten1642 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. H5 The..flitten or shrunk spright. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1835n.²1923adj.1590v.c1175
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