erst
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From Old English ǣrest, superlative of ǣr (whence English ere).
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erst (not comparable)
- (obsolete) First of all, before (some other specified thing).
- (obsolete) Sooner (than); before.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, La Morte Darthur, Book X:
- Telle Kynge Marke that I woll com as sone as I am hole, for arste I may do hym no goode.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, La Morte Darthur, Book X:
- (archaic, poetic) Formerly, once, erstwhile.
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See the numeral erste.
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