Erse (a corruption of Irish), a name given less frequently now than formerly to the Gaelic (q.v.) of both Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.
Erse
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 416
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Erse (a corruption of Irish), a name given less frequently now than formerly to the Gaelic (q.v.) of both Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.