flitan

From Proto-West Germanic *flītan.

flītan

1. to strive, to make an effort

• Middle Dutch: vliten

• “flitan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *flītan (“to strive, contend”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfliː.tɑn/

flītan

1. (intransitive) to argue, fight (in the sense "quarrel")
2. (intransitive) to strive or contend (against something)

• Flītan means to argue as in "debate, quarrel." For the sense "put forth a line of reasoning," reċċan is used.
• Most often, flītan denotes verbal fighting and feohtan physical fighting, though this is only a generalization.

• oferflītan

• flit

• Middle English: flyten, fflytt, flite, fliten, flyte, flytin
  • English: flite, flyte
  • Scots: flite, flyte

From Proto-West Germanic *flītan.

flītan

1. to fight
2. to contend, strive

• Middle Low German: vlîten
  • German Low German: flieten