An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To FLYTE, FLITE, v. n.
1. To scold, S. pret. flet, anciently flayt.
Douglas.

Flyting Free with one, under no such restraint as to prevent severe reprehension, S.

A. S. flit-an, rixare, to brawle, Somner.

2. To pray in the language of complaint, or remonstrance.
Wallace.

Flyte, Flyt, s. A severe reprehension, continued for some time, S.
Ritson.

Flyter, s. One given to scolding, S.
Rollocke.

Flyting, s.
1. The act of scolding, S.
Baillie.
2. Poetry of that kind which the French call tenson.
Evergreen.

Flytepock, s. The double-chin, S. B., denominated from its being inflated when one is in a rage.

Flytewite, Flycht-vyte, s. A fine for verbal abuse or broils.
Skene.

A. S. flit-wite, id. from flit, strife, and wite, a fine.