Erse
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Erse
C14: from Lowland Scots Erisch Irish; Irish being regarded as the literary form of Gaelic
Example Sentences
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Compounded of puns, disjointed syllables, half-words, it is closest to English, but Erse, Latin, Greek, Dutch, French, Sanskrit, even Esperanto appear, usually distorted to suggest both an alien and an English notion.
From Time Magazine Archive
If any had been there to hear he would have been abashed, for the words were not in Erse, and the eyes of the beautiful girl were as those of one in a vision.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod
Many persons, also, are doubtless aware that, even at this present time, the Gaelic and Erse are so much alike, that a Connaught man finds no difficulty in comprehending and conversing with a Highlander.
From Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse
Irish fairies talk Erse, and Welsh fairies sing in Welsh.
From A Fortunate Term by Angela Brazil
Before it has disappeared the real British, the Cymric or Welsh, Erse or Irish, the Gaelic of Scotland, and the Manx of the Isle of Man.
From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Joseph Wild
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