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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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DELICHT, n. and v. A Sc. form of Eng. delight. [də′lɛxt; də′lɪxt]

1. n.Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 355:
My heart has gien a sudden stoun o' uncommunicable delicht.Sc. 1912 Alexander Anderson Later Poems 36:
For after she tauld me, when I was a wean,
That, whaever sat by nicht
On the Piper's Tree, took a lust for gowd,
And made it their hale delicht.Abd. 1924 L. Coutts Caul' Nor'-East 15:
Ye'll be my hert's delicht An' I'll be as true to thee.Dundee 1994 W. N. Herbert Forked Tongue 124:
against delicht in ut Eh tempir
thi coardit Tay tae whilk ut's hempEdb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick ix.:
A wheen mair o' oor members, kickin like daft on the fluir, an' seemin'ly in a state o' hie delicht wi' a' they had heard.Kcb. [1911] G. M. Gordon Clay Biggin' (1913) 135:
He wud thrust himsel' forward amangst a' the mourners an' keckle wi' delicht as he peeped intil the open grave.

Hence delichtsome, delightful.m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls 32:
Drinks in ilk delichtsome feature.

2. v.Cai. 1872 M. MacLennan Peasant Life 69:
It wad delicht us cud we hae mainaged it ony way.Abd. 1881 W. Paul Past and Present 32:
Come, lads, follow me, for I aye delichtit in fechtin'.Knr. 1886 “H. Haliburton” Horace in Homespun 73:
It's Dante: he delichts to flee A' by himsel'w.Dmf. 1917 J. L. Waugh Cute McCheyne 75:
Dod, man, if ye only kenned, I was pleased — delichted, I should say.