flying

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Ae day he was flyting wi’ anither sodger-lad.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"Hold your tongue, ye flyting fools," said the Doctor; "and you, ye idle rascals, if I come out among you."

From The Surgeon's Daughter by Scott, Walter, Sir

There's a frown on the brow o' the Urie, and his face is hidden from me, and listen to the grumbling and flyting o' the burn.

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John

Ae day he was flyting wi' anither sodger-lad.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

There ne'er was a fair word in flyting.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander