io Miles Walker, The History of English Spelling 



Isle 



13-7 ile, yle 



14 ille, hil (1 

 14-5 vile 



16 ill 



15 ysle, isle 

 20 vl 



Aisle 



14-5 ele, hele 



15 ille, eille, eyle 



15-6 yle, ylle 



15-8 ile 



16-8 isle 



18 aile, ayle, aisle 



Lat. 'ala' = wing. Fr. 

 from Lat. 15 aelle. In 

 Eng. confused with 

 (15) yle, ile = island. 

 Modified after Fr. aile 

 = wing as aisle. 



20 yl 



Gauge 

 15-7 gawge 

 Scots 16 gadge 

 18-9 guage 

 15- gage 



gauge 



The present form is a 



mere blunder. US -A. 



dictionaries have 



'gage' 

 20 gaij 



People 

 13-6 peple, pepule 

 14-5 pep ille 

 14-6 pepill 

 15 pepylle 

 17 peeple 

 14-5 poeple 

 15- people 



peopel 

 20 peepel 



Precede 



Also 

 1 5 presede 

 16-8 preceed 



praecede 

 1 7 precead 



praeceed 

 20 preeseed 



Scythe 

 1 1 si5e 

 13-6 syj?e 

 1 5 cithe 



17 sieth, sight, syeth 

 13-9 sythe 



Present spelling from 

 17 scith(e 



scythe 

 20 svth 



Blithe 

 1 1-3 blide 



13 bliht 



14 bligh, blif(e 



15 blyde 

 13-7 blith 

 13-8 blyth 

 14-9 blythe 

 13- blithe 

 20 blyth 



Bright 

 11 beorht, byrht 



bryht 

 1 1-3 breht 

 12-4 briht 

 13-4 bri^t 

 14-5 bry?t, bryght 

 14- bright 

 20 bryt 



Anchor 

 A.S. ancor, ancer, 



oncer 

 12-7 anker 



16 ancour 

 anchor(e 



17 ankor 

 ancker 

 anchour 



Lat. 'ancora' occ. erro- 

 neously spelt 'anchora.' 

 Hence our corruption 

 into 'anchor.* 

 20 ankor 



