fytte
Americannoun
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That day, that day, that dreadful day: the first fytte here I find, An you will hear any more of the hunting of the Cheviot, yet is there more behind.
From A Bundle of Ballads by Henry Morley
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 Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
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 Frank Sidgwick
Ye jawe of horse yt wyll not fytte; Yts use ys more sublyme.
From Rhyme? And Reason? by Lewis Carroll
Here, gentles, ends the foremost fytte of the Lay of the Bloody Vest.
From The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
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