"flyting" meaning in All languages combined

See flyting on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: flytings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fliting, flytyng, equivalent to flyte + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fliting}} Middle English fliting, {{m|enm|flytyng}} flytyng, {{suf|en|flyte|ing|id2=gerund noun}} flyte + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} flyting (plural flytings)
  1. Contention, noisy argument.
    Sense id: en-flyting-en-noun-HP5dma~1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 20 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 54 30 16
  2. Scolding, rebuke.
    Sense id: en-flyting-en-noun-CZT5NaJF
  3. A poetic contest of insults or invective.
    Sense id: en-flyting-en-noun-vWkMJUUn

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