Sc. Obs. Also 6 flyrd. [Of obscure origin; cf. FLEER v.] intr. ? To sneer, gibe.
Jamieson has the senses ‘to bounce, brag, also to flirt’ as current in modern Sc. use.
1500–20. Dunbar, Poems, lvii. 9. Sum flyrdis; sum feynȝeis; and sum flattiris.
