fliting

Verb

flite (third-person singular simple present flites, present participle fliting, simple past flited or flote, past participle flited or flote or flitten)

1. (dialectal) to dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.
2. (dialectal) to scold, jeer.
3. (obsolete) to make or utter complaint.

See all 5 meanings of flite

Noun

flyting (plural flytings)

1. Contention, noisy argument.
2. Scolding, rebuke.
3. A poetic contest of insults or invective.
   • These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature