English

Noun

flyte ‎(plural flytes)

1. Alternative spelling of flite
   • Saintsbury

     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.

Verb

flyte ‎(third-person singular simple present flytes, present participle flyting, simple past and past participle flyted)

1. Alternative spelling of flite

Anagrams

• lefty

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)

1. to float
2. to flow; run
3. to overflow

Related terms

• flyt (noun)

Derived terms

• flytebrygge

References

• “flyte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.