fliteflyten.

/flʌɪt/

Forms: Old English–Middle English flít, Middle English, 1800s flite, flitt(e, Middle English flyt, (Middle English floyt, 1600s fleyte), 1700s flight, 1700s– flyte.

Etymology: Old English flît strong neuter, < flitan (see flite v.): compare Old Frisian and Old Saxon flît (Dutch vlijt), Old High German flîȥ (Middle High German vlîȥ, German fleiss diligence, zeal.) The flitt of the Cursor Mundi, where spelling and rhyme indicate a short vowel, is probably a parallel formation representing Old English geflit.

Now dialect.

†1.

a. Contention, strife, a dispute; also, abuse, an abusive speech. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]

i-winc888

wrestlingc890

fightc1000

flitec1000

teenOE

winOE

ungrithlOE

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cockingc1225

strife?c1225

strivingc1275

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barratc1300

thro1303

battlec1375

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rixation1623

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contrasto1645

dispute1647

luctation1651

contest1665

stickle1665

contra-colluctation1674

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struggle1706

yed1719

widdle1789

scrambling1792

cut and thrust1846

headbutting1869

push-and-pull1881

contending1882

thrust and parry1889

aggro1973

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of

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contenta1450

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grapple1604

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scuffle1641

agon1649

tug1660

tug of war1677

risse1684

struggle1692

palaver1707

hash1789

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scrabble1794

set-to1794

go1823

bucklea1849

wrestle1850

tussle1857

head-to-head1884

scrum1905

battleground1931

shoot-out1953

mud-wrestle1986

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > instance of

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polemic1626

fireball1638

polemy1642

risse1684

polemical1808

spar1836

row1879

set-to1898

cag1916

barge1934

yike1976

stand-up2005

the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > abusive language

teleeOE

conteckc1380

contumelyc1386

flitec1400

abuse1559

doggery?1577

vinegar-railing1609

Billingsgate1676

slangwhang1834

tongue-plague1853

c1000 Ags. Ps. xlix. [l.] 21 Togeanes sunu modor ðine ðu settest flit.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 43 Ech þat is weorldes frend is ure drihtenes fo, and halt flit wið him.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24537 Quen i..thogh apon þat juus flitt, þe tere fell o min ei.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 93 Na mar moves me thi flyt Than it war a flies byt.

1600 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) IV. 281 Fleytes and pretty taunts.

†b. A contest, struggle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun]

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acounterc1330

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conflictc1440

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grate1460

rencounter1471

chaplea1500

flitea1513

concourse?1520

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rescounter1543

spurnc1560

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discourse1573

action1579

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opposition1598

do1915

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 421 Þe arc..flote forthe with þe flyt of þe felle wyndez.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxviii^v The duke of Bedforde..had a great Floyt and Batayll with dyuers Carykkes of Ieane.

2. A scolding-match.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > abusive language > exchange of

flite1768

slanging match1896

insult1964

bitchfest1985

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 9 We'll ablins get a flyte, an' ablins nane.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 215 I think maybe a flyte wi' the auld housekeeper at Monkbarns..would do me some gude.

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. There's such a flite going on between them.

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

fliteflytev.

/flʌɪt/

Forms: infinitive Old English–Middle English flitan, Middle English fliten, (Middle English flytin), Middle English–1500s, 1800s flite, (Middle English flitte, Middle English–1500s flight, 1500s flicht, 1800s fleicht, fleyte,) Middle English– flyte. past tense Old English flát, plural fliton, fleotun, Middle English flytte, Middle English flot(e, Middle English, 1700s flet(t, Middle English flayt, 1500s flait, 1800s dialect flate. past participle Old English–Middle English fliten, Middle English flytyn, 1500s flyttyn.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: A Common West Germanic strong verb; Old English flítan = Old High German flíȥȥan to strive (Middle High German vlîȥen to be eager; compare modern German sich befleissen strong, to busy oneself).

Now dialect.

†1. intransitive. To contend, strive; also, to contend in words, chide, wrangle. Const. against, on, with.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)]

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fightc900

flitec900

wraxlec1000

wrestlea1200

cockc1225

conteckc1290

strivec1290

struta1300

topc1305

to have, hold, make, take strifec1374

stightlea1375

debatec1386

batea1400

strugglec1412

hurlc1440

ruffle1440

warc1460

warslea1500

pingle?a1513

contend1529

repugn1529

scruggle1530

sturtc1535

tuga1550

broilc1567

threap1572

yoke1581

bustle1585

bandy1594

tilt1595

combat1597

to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597

mutiny1597

militate1598

combatizec1600

scuffle1601

to run (or ride) a-tilt1608

wage1608

contesta1618

stickle1625

conflict1628

stickle1647

dispute1656

fence1665

contrast1672

scramble1696

to battle it1715

rug1832

grabble1835

buffet1839

tussle1862

pickeer1892

passage1895

tangle1928

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (intransitive)]

flitec900

beme?c1225

thunderc1374

full-sounda1382

claryc1440

reird1508

shout1513

to make the welkin ring1590

rally1728

din1798

alarm1839

trombone1866

clarion1885

blast1931

blare1955

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > contend, dispute, argue [verb (intransitive)]

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witherc1000

disputea1225

pleadc1275

strive1320

arguec1374

tolyc1440

toilc1450

wrestlec1450

altercate1530

disagree1534

dissent1538

contend1539

controvert1563

wrangle?1570

contestate?1572

to fend and prove?1578

contest1603

vie1604

controverse1605

discept1639

ergot1653

digladiatea1656

misprove1662

spar1698

argufy1804

spat1809

to cross swords1816

argle1823

to bandy words1828

polemize1828

controversialize1841

caffle1851

polemicize1881

ergotize1883

argy-bargy1887

cag1919

snack1956

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in noisy or angry manner

flitec900

chidec1000

strivec1290

scold1377

wrangle1377

jangle1382

brawlc1440

bickera1450

to have words1490

altercate1530

jar1550

brangle1553

brabble1568

yed1570

fraple?a1598

barrat1600

warble1600

camp1606

to word it1612

caterwaul1621

cample1628

pickeer1651

spar1698

fratch1714

rafflea1796

row1797

barney1850

dudgeon1859

frabble1885

scrap1895

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iii. xiv. [xix.] 212 Ða fliton him on þa węrgan gastas.

OE Beowulf 916 Hwilum flitende fealwe stræte mearum mæton.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 81 Swo mote we flite togenes ure fule lustes.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2545 A-noþer werkman..gan flite wiþ þat felþe þat formest hadde spoke.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7556 Golias..þus bigan on him [sc. David] to flite.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) lxxx. 400 Anothere [devil] hade..made hem to chide, ande to flyte, ande feghte.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 720 Thocht mony fuill throw folie with him flyte.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria v. i, in Terence in Eng. 89 He did flite or chide with him.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i Sair, sair she flet wi' me 'tween ilka smack.

figurative.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 950 Þe wyndez..wroþely vp~waite & wrastled togeder..flytande loude.

a. To scold. Const. at. Now only Scottish and northern.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > scold

scold1377

chide1393

channerc1480

ratea1529

chowre1567

flite1568

to scold it outa1592

to speak or look daggers1603

snub1694

to read the Riot Act1784

row1843

rouse1896

roust1901

to bust (a person's) balls1946

to bust on1961

1568 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 254 The fische wyffis flett and swoir.

a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) ii. sig. C1^v Let me die if ere I flight againe.

a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 739 Why flait thou, foole?

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 879 Gin she tak the thing amiss E'en let her flyte her fill, jo.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 91 Sudna ye hae come faster up yoursels, instead of flyting at huz?

1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone 70 The men fight..the women fleicht or scold.

b. transitive. To chide, scold (a person). Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > scold

chidec1230

ban1340

tongue1388

rate1393

flite14..

rehetec1400

janglec1430

chafec1485

rattle1542

berate1548

quarrel1587

hazen?1608

bequarrel1624

huff1674

shrewa1687

to claw away, off1692

tongue-pad1707

to blow up1710

scold1718

rag1739

redd1776

bullyraga1790

jaw1810

targe1825

haze1829

overhaul1840

tongue-walk1841

trim1882

to call down1883

tongue-lash1887

roar1917

to go off at (a person)1941

chew1948

wrinch2009

14.. Psalms Penit. (1894) ci. 18 How he was for us falsly fleten [rhyme-wds. writen, wyten, smyten].

1848 H. L. Lear Tales Kirkbeck 159 ‘Dinna flyte me, grandfather.’

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. (at cited word) ‘He'll flite you if you do.’

3. intransitive. ‘To debate, to dispute, although without scolding or violent language’ (Jamieson). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1225 Leg. Kath. 721 Me come & fatte hire to fliten wið þe fifti.

15.. Declar. in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 267 Off mony thingis they did togedder flyte.

†4. ‘To pray in the language of complaint, or remonstrance’ (Jamieson); to complain. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

murkeOE

misspeakOE

yomer971

chidea1000

murkenOE

grutch?c1225

mean?a1300

hum13..

plainta1325

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plainc1325

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expostulate1561

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gruntle1591

chunter1599

swagger1599

maunder1622

orp1634

objurgate1642

pitter1672

yelp1706

yammer1794

natter1804

murgeon1808

groan1816

squawk1875

jower1879

grouse1887

beef1888

to whip the cat1892

holler1904

yip1907

peeve1912

grouch1916

nark1916

to sound off1918

create1919

moana1922

crib1925

tick1925

bitch1930

gripe1932

bind1942

drip1942

kvetchc1950

to rag on1979

wrinch2011

c1400 Melayne 563 Bot forthe he wente, his handis he wrange, And flote with Marye euer amange.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 229 Flayt by him self to the makar off buffe.

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Biij^v Or when I like great Tragedies to tell: Or flyte, or murne my fate.

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

单词	flite
释义	fliteflyten. /flʌɪt/ Forms: Old English–Middle English flít, Middle English, 1800s flite, flitt(e, Middle English flyt, (Middle English floyt, 1600s fleyte), 1700s flight, 1700s– flyte. Etymology: Old English flît strong neuter, < flitan (see flite v.): compare Old Frisian and Old Saxon flît (Dutch vlijt), Old High German flîȥ (Middle High German vlîȥ, German fleiss diligence, zeal.) The flitt of the Cursor Mundi, where spelling and rhyme indicate a short vowel, is probably a parallel formation representing Old English geflit. Now dialect. †1. a. Contention, strife, a dispute; also, abuse, an abusive speech. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] i-winc888 wrestlingc890 fightc1000 flitec1000 teenOE winOE ungrithlOE wara1200 cockingc1225 strife?c1225 strivingc1275 struta1300 barratc1300 thro1303 battlec1375 contentionc1384 tuggingc1440 militationa1460 sturtc1480 bargain1487 bargaining1489 distrifea1500 concertation1509 hold1523 conflict1531 ruffle1532 tangling1535 scamblingc1538 tuilyie1550 bustling1553 tilt1567 ruffling1570 wresting1570 certationc1572 pinglinga1578 reluctation1593 combating1594 yoking1594 bandying1599 tention1602 contrast1609 colluctation1611 contestationa1616 dimication1623 rixation1623 colluctance1625 decertation1635 conflicting1640 contrasto1645 dispute1647 luctation1651 contest1665 stickle1665 contra-colluctation1674 contrasting1688 struggle1706 yed1719 widdle1789 scrambling1792 cut and thrust1846 headbutting1869 push-and-pull1881 contending1882 thrust and parry1889 aggro1973 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of flitec1000 strifea1225 wara1300 pulla1400 lakec1420 contenta1450 stour?c1450 contentiona1500 pingle1543 agony1555 feudc1565 combat1567 skirmish1576 grapple1604 counter-scuffle1628 scuffle1641 agon1649 tug1660 tug of war1677 risse1684 struggle1692 palaver1707 hash1789 warsle1792 scrabble1794 set-to1794 go1823 bucklea1849 wrestle1850 tussle1857 head-to-head1884 scrum1905 battleground1931 shoot-out1953 mud-wrestle1986 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > instance of flitec1000 plead1379 traverse1415 controversyc1430 disputation1557 tilt1567 wrangle1579 controverse1596 velitation1607 dispute1611 rixation1623 polemic1626 fireball1638 polemy1642 risse1684 polemical1808 spar1836 row1879 set-to1898 cag1916 barge1934 yike1976 stand-up2005 the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > abusive language teleeOE conteckc1380 contumelyc1386 flitec1400 abuse1559 doggery?1577 vinegar-railing1609 Billingsgate1676 slangwhang1834 tongue-plague1853 c1000 Ags. Ps. xlix. [l.] 21 Togeanes sunu modor ðine ðu settest flit. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 43 Ech þat is weorldes frend is ure drihtenes fo, and halt flit wið him. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24537 Quen i..thogh apon þat juus flitt, þe tere fell o min ei. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 93 Na mar moves me thi flyt Than it war a flies byt. 1600 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) IV. 281 Fleytes and pretty taunts. †b. A contest, struggle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] fightc893 coursec1325 stourc1325 acounterc1330 meetingc1330 setc1330 showera1375 brusha1400 semblya1400 hosting1422 poynyec1425 conflictc1440 militancea1460 grate1460 rencounter1471 chaplea1500 flitea1513 concourse?1520 concursion1533 rescounter1543 spurnc1560 rencontrea1572 discourse1573 action1579 combat1582 opposition1598 do1915 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 421 Þe arc..flote forthe with þe flyt of þe felle wyndez. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxviii^v The duke of Bedforde..had a great Floyt and Batayll with dyuers Carykkes of Ieane. 2. A scolding-match. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > abusive language > exchange of flite1768 slanging match1896 insult1964 bitchfest1985 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 9 We'll ablins get a flyte, an' ablins nane. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 215 I think maybe a flyte wi' the auld housekeeper at Monkbarns..would do me some gude. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. There's such a flite going on between them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fliteflytev. /flʌɪt/ Forms: infinitive Old English–Middle English flitan, Middle English fliten, (Middle English flytin), Middle English–1500s, 1800s flite, (Middle English flitte, Middle English–1500s flight, 1500s flicht, 1800s fleicht, fleyte,) Middle English– flyte. past tense Old English flát, plural fliton, fleotun, Middle English flytte, Middle English flot(e, Middle English, 1700s flet(t, Middle English flayt, 1500s flait, 1800s dialect flate. past participle Old English–Middle English fliten, Middle English flytyn, 1500s flyttyn. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: A Common West Germanic strong verb; Old English flítan = Old High German flíȥȥan to strive (Middle High German vlîȥen to be eager; compare modern German sich befleissen strong, to busy oneself). Now dialect. †1. intransitive. To contend, strive; also, to contend in words, chide, wrangle. Const. against, on, with. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] winc888 fightc900 flitec900 wraxlec1000 wrestlea1200 cockc1225 conteckc1290 strivec1290 struta1300 topc1305 to have, hold, make, take strifec1374 stightlea1375 debatec1386 batea1400 strugglec1412 hurlc1440 ruffle1440 warc1460 warslea1500 pingle?a1513 contend1529 repugn1529 scruggle1530 sturtc1535 tuga1550 broilc1567 threap1572 yoke1581 bustle1585 bandy1594 tilt1595 combat1597 to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597 mutiny1597 militate1598 combatizec1600 scuffle1601 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 wage1608 contesta1618 stickle1625 conflict1628 stickle1647 dispute1656 fence1665 contrast1672 scramble1696 to battle it1715 rug1832 grabble1835 buffet1839 tussle1862 pickeer1892 passage1895 tangle1928 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (intransitive)] flitec900 beme?c1225 thunderc1374 full-sounda1382 claryc1440 reird1508 shout1513 to make the welkin ring1590 rally1728 din1798 alarm1839 trombone1866 clarion1885 blast1931 blare1955 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > contend, dispute, argue [verb (intransitive)] flitec900 witherc1000 disputea1225 pleadc1275 strive1320 arguec1374 tolyc1440 toilc1450 wrestlec1450 altercate1530 disagree1534 dissent1538 contend1539 controvert1563 wrangle?1570 contestate?1572 to fend and prove?1578 contest1603 vie1604 controverse1605 discept1639 ergot1653 digladiatea1656 misprove1662 spar1698 argufy1804 spat1809 to cross swords1816 argle1823 to bandy words1828 polemize1828 controversialize1841 caffle1851 polemicize1881 ergotize1883 argy-bargy1887 cag1919 snack1956 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in noisy or angry manner flitec900 chidec1000 strivec1290 scold1377 wrangle1377 jangle1382 brawlc1440 bickera1450 to have words1490 altercate1530 jar1550 brangle1553 brabble1568 yed1570 fraple?a1598 barrat1600 warble1600 camp1606 to word it1612 caterwaul1621 cample1628 pickeer1651 spar1698 fratch1714 rafflea1796 row1797 barney1850 dudgeon1859 frabble1885 scrap1895 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iii. xiv. [xix.] 212 Ða fliton him on þa węrgan gastas. OE Beowulf 916 Hwilum flitende fealwe stræte mearum mæton. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 81 Swo mote we flite togenes ure fule lustes. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2545 A-noþer werkman..gan flite wiþ þat felþe þat formest hadde spoke. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7556 Golias..þus bigan on him [sc. David] to flite. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) lxxx. 400 Anothere [devil] hade..made hem to chide, ande to flyte, ande feghte. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 720 Thocht mony fuill throw folie with him flyte. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria v. i, in Terence in Eng. 89 He did flite or chide with him. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i Sair, sair she flet wi' me 'tween ilka smack. figurative.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 950 Þe wyndez..wroþely vp~waite & wrastled togeder..flytande loude. 2. a. To scold. Const. at. Now only Scottish and northern. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > scold scold1377 chide1393 channerc1480 ratea1529 chowre1567 flite1568 to scold it outa1592 to speak or look daggers1603 snub1694 to read the Riot Act1784 row1843 rouse1896 roust1901 to bust (a person's) balls1946 to bust on1961 1568 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 254 The fische wyffis flett and swoir. a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) ii. sig. C1^v Let me die if ere I flight againe. a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 739 Why flait thou, foole? a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 879 Gin she tak the thing amiss E'en let her flyte her fill, jo. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 91 Sudna ye hae come faster up yoursels, instead of flyting at huz? 1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone 70 The men fight..the women fleicht or scold. b. transitive. To chide, scold (a person). Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > scold chidec1230 ban1340 tongue1388 rate1393 flite14.. rehetec1400 janglec1430 chafec1485 rattle1542 berate1548 quarrel1587 hazen?1608 bequarrel1624 huff1674 shrewa1687 to claw away, off1692 tongue-pad1707 to blow up1710 scold1718 rag1739 redd1776 bullyraga1790 jaw1810 targe1825 haze1829 overhaul1840 tongue-walk1841 trim1882 to call down1883 tongue-lash1887 roar1917 to go off at (a person)1941 chew1948 wrinch2009 14.. Psalms Penit. (1894) ci. 18 How he was for us falsly fleten [rhyme-wds. writen, wyten, smyten]. 1848 H. L. Lear Tales Kirkbeck 159 ‘Dinna flyte me, grandfather.’ 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. (at cited word) ‘He'll flite you if you do.’ 3. intransitive. ‘To debate, to dispute, although without scolding or violent language’ (Jamieson). Obsolete. ΚΠ a1225 Leg. Kath. 721 Me come & fatte hire to fliten wið þe fifti. 15.. Declar. in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 267 Off mony thingis they did togedder flyte. †4. ‘To pray in the language of complaint, or remonstrance’ (Jamieson); to complain. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 c1400 Melayne 563 Bot forthe he wente, his handis he wrange, And flote with Marye euer amange. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 229 Flayt by him self to the makar off buffe. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Biij^v Or when I like great Tragedies to tell: Or flyte, or murne my fate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1000v.c900
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