English
flyting
Flyting comes from Middle English fliting.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fliting
- Englishearliest quotation 1898flyting
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fliting
- Englishearliest quotation 1898flyting
Earliest quotation: 1898, George Saintsbury: “These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate…”
Formed from flyte + -ing
Every English word from Middle English fliting
Today it means
noun Contention, noisy argument.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fliting / flyting