Dictionary

flyting en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English fliting, flytyng, equivalent to flyte + -ing.

Meanings

1. Contention, noisy argument.
2. Scolding, rebuke.
3. A poetic contest of insults or invective.
   • Rival poets in Scotland exchanged flytings that were packed with riddling conceits. 2007, Marina Warner, “Doubly Damned”, in London Review of Books, 29:3, p. 26:
   • These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants. 1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature:

Forms

Coordinates

rap battle · roasting