fytte

American  

[fit] / fɪt /

noun

1. fit.

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Example Sentences

If he had only lived a generation later, how charming would have been the fytte or canto on Quaternions!

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

An argument and general notes are prefixed to each fytte.

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank

Eye divine Turned upon it, makes it shine; And when I touch it, poems sweet Like separate souls shall fly from it, Each to the immortal fytte.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

So much is told in the first fytte, which corresponds roughly to our ballad.

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

So the word fytte has gained a technical appropriation to our narrative poetry when it takes the ballad form.

From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)