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flitwite

flitwite noun: in Saxon and old English law, a fine imposed for fighting or quarrelling.

Noun

flitwite (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) In Saxon and old English law, a fine imposed for fighting or quarrelling.

Questions about flitwite

What does flitwite mean?
Flitwite means in Saxon and old English law, a fine imposed for fighting or quarrelling.
What part of speech is flitwite?
Flitwite is a noun.

Words near flitwite in the dictionary

  1. Flitton
  2. Flitton and Greenfield
  3. flitts
  4. flitty
  5. Flitwick
  6. flitwite
  7. fliver
  8. flivers
  9. flivver
  10. flivvers
  11. flix

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