FLÍT

Old English Dictionary Entry

FLÍT

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 FLÍT

n. Scandal, contention, strife; scandălum, contentio :-- Togeánes sunu módor ðíne ðú settest flít adversus fīlium matris tuæ pōnēbas scandălum, Ps. Spl. T. 49, 21. [Laym. flít, n. dispute: Scot. flyte: Plat. flit, fliit, fliet, m. diligence: O. Sax. flít, m. contention, contest: O. Frs. flit diligence: Dut. vlijt, f. diligence: Ger. fleiss, m: M. H. Ger. vlíz, m: O. H. Ger. flíz, m.] DER. ge-flít, sund-flít. flit

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛚᛁᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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