erse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland
    Gaelic; Goidelic.

WordNet

Erse noun
Etymology
A modification of Irish, OE. Irishe.
Definitions
  1. A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic.
Erse adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language.

Webster 1913