The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flite \Flite\, v. i. [AS. fl[imac]tan to strive, contend,
   quarrel; akin to G. fleiss industry.]
   To scold; to quarrel. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
   [1913 Webster] Flite

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flite \Flite\, Flyte \Flyte\, n. [AS. fl[imac]t. See Flite.]
   Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting;
   wrangling. [Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

         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.                          --Saintsbury.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]