Erse (?), n. [A modification of Irish, OE. Irishe.]

A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic.

 

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Erse, a.

Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language.

 

© Webster 1913.