Scot’s weird longing to follow presbyter, not English (8)
I believe the answer is:
eldritch
'scot's weird' is the definition.
'eldritch' can be an answer for 'weird' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'scot's' bit.
'longing to follow presbyter not english' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'longing' could be 'itch' (itch can mean a desire or longing) and 'itch' is found within the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eldritch that I've seen before include "Weird Scots" , "Spooky" , "Weird, sinister, ghostly" , "Weird Scottish" .)