Flite
Flite , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon flītan to strive, contend, quarrel; akin to German fleiss industry.]
To scold; to quarrel. [Provincial English] — Grose
Flite , noun
[Anglo-Saxon flīt. See Flite.]
Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling. [Obsolete or Scottish & Provincial English]
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.
Also: Flyte