- a variation of flite.
flyte
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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"Have you not better word than that?" she would flyte at him at the second cry; and if the bird would crow the three times, she would be lavish with the feeding and grow cheerful.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
Sing o' her carles teuch an' auld, Her carlines grim that flyte an' scauld, Her wabsters blithe, an' souters bauld, Her flocks an' herds sae fair to see.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
O Bell, why dost thou flyte and scorne?
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
But quoth I, Refrain thee nor flyte and scold!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Mass, but she's out in the street, come o't what like, and the auld Glover will be as mad as if I could withhold her, will she nill she, flyte she fling she.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir
Rumbleberry fought and flyted like a fleeing dragon.
From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Scott, Walter, Sir
Father was very angry when he came, and said he'd take it to the workhouse the next morning, and flyted me sadly about it.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
Father was very angry when he came, and said he’d take it to the workhouse the next morning, and flyted me sadly about it.
From Lizzie Leigh by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
Tragedies vary with humorous skits, extravagant and mocking, and the collection is enlivened with many flyting poems about tailors—a favorite butt of the peasant past.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various
Ae day he was flyting wi' anither sodger-lad.
Let all your verse be Literall, sa far as may be, ... bot speciallie Tumbling verse for flyting.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
What is your quarrel about, and for what are ye flyting against the kirk and the minister and the kirkkeepers?
From Foes by Johnston, Mary
There was never a fair word in flyting.
From Collection of Scotch Proverbs by Stampoy, Pappity
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