† flitwiten.
Obsolete. Anglo-Saxon Law.
A fine for brawling.
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c1340 R. Higden Polychron. I. 96 [In a list of OE. law terms] Flitwite, id est, emenda proveniens pro contentione.
1687 H. Spelman Glossarium Flitwite & Scotice Flichtwite significant, mulctam ob contentiones, rixas, et jurgia impositam.
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