English Explanatory Dictionary

flyting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Contention, noisy argument.
  2. Scolding, rebuke.
  3. A poetic contest of insults or invective.

Word forms

flyting flytings

Etymology

From Middle English fliting, flytyng, equivalent to flyte + -ing.

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