Erse
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
of or relating to Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
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How to use Erse in a sentence
He never made the mistake into which two of his biographers have fallen of calling it 'Erse.'
George Borrow and His Circle | Clement King ShorterAnd by that time he spoke the old tongue of his youth, and the Erse way of speaking was forgotten.
A Sea Queen's Sailing | Charles WhistlerThis was the more marvellous, as she was yet but an infant, and could say few words even of Erse, the only tongue she had heard.
The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4) | Fiona MacleodThe Erse and the Gaelic tongues, you know, are very similar in construction, also the modern Welsh.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 | Elizabeth BislandIt may be doubted if there would have been much loyalty taught to any government by the use of the Erse tongue.
British Dictionary definitions for Erse
/ (ɜːs) /
another name for Irish Gaelic
of or relating to the Irish Gaelic language
Origin of Erse
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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