Flite (Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Der. Lin.), to scold, find fault, O.E. flītan, to strive, chide, M.E. flīten, to quarrel, contend:
hou we shule flyten
ant to gedere smiten.
King Horn, ll. 855, 856, c. 1300.
‘Heal’ and ‘Healer’
Heal (gen. dial. use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.), to hide, conceal, keep secret, O.E. helan, str. vb. and helian, wk. vb., to conceal, M.E. helen:
Seynt Gregorie was a gode pope, and had a gode forwit,
Þat no priouresse were prest, for þat he ordeigned.
Þei had þanne ben infamis [betrayer of confession] þe firste day, þei can so yuel hele conseille.
Piers Plowman, B. v. ll. 166-8, c. 1377.