Erse
noun
1.
Gaelic, especially Scots gaelic.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to Gaelic, especially Scots Gaelic.
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| —n | |
| 1. | another name for Irish Gaelic |
| —adj | |
| 2. | of or relating to the Irish Gaelic language |
| [C14: from Lowland Scots Erisch Irish; Irish being regarded as the literary form of Gaelic] | |
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Word Origin & History
Erse
late 14c., early Scottish variant of O.E. Irisc or O.N. Irskr "Irish" (see Irish); applied by Lowland Scots to the Gaelic speech of the Highlanders (which is originally from Ireland); sense shifted 19c. from "Highlanders" to "Irish."
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