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flítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
flítan, part. flítende; ic flíte, ðú flítest, flítst, he flíteþ, flít, pl. flítaþ; p. flát, pl. fliton; pp. fliten
Wright's OE grammar
§490;
To strive, contend, dispute, rebel; contendĕre, certāre, dispŭtāre, jurgāre
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  • Ic flítan gefrægn on fyrndagum módgleáwe men, gewésan ymbe hyra wísdóm

    I have learnt that in days of yore men wise of mood contended, struggled about their wisdom,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 359
      • ;
    • Sal. 179.

  • Ðam ðe wylle on dóme wið ðé flítan, and niman ðíne tunecan, lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels

    ei, qui vult tecum jūdĭcio contendĕre, et tŭnĭcam tuam tollĕre, dimitte ei et pallium,

    • Mt. Bos. 5, 40.

  • Flítende

    contending,

    • Beo. Th. 1836
      • ;
    • B. 916.

  • Hwí flítst ðú wið ðínne néxtan

    quāre percŭtis proxĭmum tuum?

    • Ex. 2, 13.

  • Flíteþ

    strives,

    • Exon. 95a
      • ;
    • Th. 354, 47
      • ;
    • Reim. 62.

  • Ne flít he

    non contendet,

    • Mt. Bos. 12, 19.

  • Flát he wið ánne Israhéliscne man

    jurgātus est cum vĭro Israhēlīta,

    • Lev. 24, 10: Bd. 4, 16
      • ;
    • S. 584, note 31.

  • Me þincþ nú ðæt ðín gecynd and ðín gewuna flíte swíðe swíðlíce wið ðæm dysige

    methinks now that thy nature and thy habit contend very powerfully against error,

    • Bt. 36, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 178, 28.
Etymology
[
Scot. flyte; p. flet to scold
:
M. H. Ger. vlízen
:
O. H. Ger. flízan
.]
Derived forms
ofer-flítan, óþ-, wiðer-
Linked entries
v.  flítend.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “flítan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10975.

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