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
Some word was cried to him in the Erse, he answered, for a moment he appeared to be going to stop.
From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John
He was the compiler of a polyglot dictionary in the Manx, Gaelic, and Erse languages.
From Curious Epitaphs by Various
This is what the Erse translator has done, and, I think, with great judgment.
From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan
She gabbled shrilly, but she knew only Erse, and Colonel John attempted no explanation.
From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John
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