De-lēte′, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DELETED; p. pr. & vb. n. DELETING.] [Lat. delere, deletum. See DELE.] To blot out; to erase; to destroy.

I have, therefore, besides minor changes, inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott’s version, and have deleted eight. W. E. Aytoun.