flyt

Danish

Verb

flyt

  1. imperative of flytte

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English flit, ġeflit, from Proto-West Germanic *flit. The long vowel was probably leveled in from the verb flyten during the Middle English period; compare chyne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flit/, /fliːt/

Noun

flyt

  1. A quarrel, argument, or dispute.

Descendants

  • English: flite, flyte
  • Scots: flite, flyte

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb flyte.

Noun

flyt m (definite singular flyten, indefinite plural flyter, definite plural flytene)

  1. flow

Verb

flyt

  1. imperative of flyte

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb flyta.

Noun

flyt m (definite singular flyten, indefinite plural flytar, definite plural flytane)

  1. flow

Verb

flyt

  1. present tense of flyta
  2. imperative of flyta

Etymology 2

Inflected form of now superseded flytja.

Verb

flyt

  1. present tense of flytja (non-standard since 1938)
  2. imperative of flytja (non-standard since 1938)

References

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Old Norse

Verb

flyt

  1. first-person singular present indicative active of flytja
  2. second-person singular imperative active of flytja

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Swedish

Verb

flyt

  1. imperative of flyta.

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