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[miss-daizy.livejournal.com]

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.

Comments

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

My favorite is "The Flyting of Loki," as it's sometimes translated, an edda in which in crashes an Asgard party and systematically slags off everyone there, both Aesir and Vanir, before running away. In the cycle, it's part of his final break with Odin.

---L.

[fidgetspin.livejournal.com]

So are could rap battles maybe considered a modern version of flyting?