flyte

== English == === Noun === flyte (plural flytes) Alternative spelling of flite. === Verb === flyte (third-person singular simple present flytes, present participle flyting, simple past and past participle flyted) Alternative spelling of flite. === Anagrams === Felty, felty, lefty, yleft == Middle English == === Verb === flyte alternative form of flyten == 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) to float to flow; run to overflow ==== Derived terms ==== flytebrygge flytedokk flyte på flesket ==== Related terms ==== flyt (noun) === References === “flyte” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną. Cognates include English fleet, Dutch vlieten, German fließen, Icelandic fljóta, Faroese flóta, and Danish flyde. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *plewd- (“to flow, run”). ==== Alternative forms ==== flyta (a-infinitive) (non-standard since 1938) fljota, fljote ==== Verb ==== flyte (present tense flyt, past tense flaut, supine flote, past participle floten, present participle flytande, imperative flyt) (intransitive) to float (intransitive) to flow, stream ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== å fløyte (causative) === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse flýta, a factitive of the adjective fljótr (Modern Norwegian Nynorsk fljot and fløt). ==== Alternative forms ==== flyta (a-infinitive) ==== Verb ==== flyte (present tense flyter, past tense flytte, past participle flytt, passive infinitive flytast, present participle flytande, imperative flyt) (transitive) to hurry ===== Derived terms ===== flyte på ===== Related terms ===== fljot fljote === References === “flyte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === flyet, fylte, lyfte == Old English == === Noun === flȳte f alternative form of flīete