Excerpt from The Pioneer Ov Simplifyd Speling, Vol. 4: Oktoeber, 1915 Delight - A mis-speling, posibli on amalon ov light, alight, blight, plight slight, and perhaps eeven twilight, and lightning, ets., which ar korekt. The Midel English formz being delit (subst.) and deliten (verb), and the oeld French delit or deleit, the modern English speling shood be delite. The verb okerz in Chaucer'z Canterbury Tales, Groop E, 997 (clerk's Tale). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.