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erst

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erst  (ûrst)
adv. Archaic
Erstwhile.
[Middle English erest, from Old English rest; see ayer- in Indo-European roots.]
erst [ɜːst]
adv Archaic
1. long ago; formerly
2. at first
[Old English ǣrest earliest, superlative of ǣr early; see ere; related to Old High German ērist, Dutch eerst]
Erst the first swarm of bees. See also cast.
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Adv.1.erst - at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";
erstwhile, formerly, at one time, once


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So he will, he says, tell the tale of "stalwart folk that lived erst while," of "King Robert of Scotland that hardy was of heart and hand," and of "Sir James of Douglas that in his time so worthy was," that his fame reached into far lands.
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By bears be thou devoured, as erst Was famous Favila.
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He quotes with approval those admirable words from Goethe, "In der Beschrankung zeigt sich erst der Meister"; yet still always finds himself wavering between "frittering myself away on the infinitely little, and longing after what is unknown and distant.
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