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succor (British succour) [SUHK-er]

noun
1. help; relief; aid; assistance

2. a person or thing that gives help, relief, aid, etc.

transitive verb
3. to help or relieve

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If only succor to countries in need were better regulated and organized by our governments, the possibility of pulling those ailing nations out of poverty and civil unrest would be so much greater.

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flyting n

1. a dispute or exchange of personal abuse in verse form
2. a formalized exchange of taunts, insults, etc., as between warriors in Old English epics

Etymology

Scots; quarreling or contention, 15th & 16th century

Usage:

The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy is one the most famous flytings, although not personally being up on my Middle Ages Scots I really have little idea what it says.