flyte
English
Noun
flyte (plural flytes)
- Alternative spelling of flite
- 1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature
- The bird of Pallas has also a good flyte on the moral side […] in his suggestion that the principal effect of the nightingale's song is to make women false to their husbands.
- 1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature
Verb
flyte (third-person singular simple present flytes, present participle flyting, simple past and past participle flyted)
- Alternative spelling of flite
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- It was plain she was in the worst of tempers. She flyted on the lass till the poor thing's cheek paled.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
Anagrams
- Felty, felty, lefty, yleft
Middle English
Verb
flyte
- Alternative form of flyten
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fljóta.
Verb
flyte (imperative flyt, present tense flyter, simple past fløt or fløyt, past participle flytt, present participle flytende)
- to float
- to flow; run
- to overflow
Derived terms
- flytebrygge
- flytedokk
- flyte på flesket
Related terms
- flyt (noun)
References
- “flyte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną. Cognates include English fleet, Dutch vlieten, German fließen, Icelandic fljóta, Faroese flóta, and Danish flyde. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *plewd- (“to flow, run”).
Alternative forms
- flyta (a-infinitive)
- (non-standard since 1938) fljota, fljote
Verb
flyte (present tense flyt, past tense flaut, supine flote, past participle floten, present participle flytande, imperative flyt)
- (intransitive) to float
- (intransitive) to flow, stream
Derived terms
- flyt
- flytebru
- flytebrygge
- flytedokk
- flyteevne
- flytegarn
- flytekork
- flytekule
- flyteline
- flyte med mjølk og honning
- flytenót
- flyte opp
- flyte på
- flyte på flesket
- flyte saman
- flytetrål
- flytevest
- tilflyte
Related terms
- å fløyte (causative)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse flýta, a factitive of the adjective fljótr (Modern Norwegian Nynorsk fljot and fløt).
Alternative forms
- flyta (a-infinitive)
Verb
flyte (present tense flyter, past tense flytte, past participle flytt, passive infinitive flytast, present participle flytande, imperative flyt)
- (transitive) to hurry
Derived terms
- flyte på
Related terms
- fljot
- fljote
References
- “flyte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- flyet, fylte, lyfte