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erst

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Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
4
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ɝst/
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/ɝst/ · /ɜːst/

Definition of erst

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete)First.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete)First.

adv

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete)First of all, before (some other specified thing).
    “Consider what I erst have been and what thou seest me now:”
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete)Sooner (than); before.
    “Thenne he sente the varlet ageyne and bad hym telle Kyng Mark that I wille come as soone as I am hole / for erste I maye doo hym noo good "Then he sent the varlet again, and bade him: Tell King Mark that I will come as soon as I am whole, for erst I may do him no good. "”
  3. (archaic, not-comparable, poetic)Formerly, once, erstwhile.
    “When lofty trees I see barren of leaves Which erst from heat did canopy the herd”

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Etymology

From Middle English erste, from Old English ǣresta (“first”), from Proto-West Germanic *airist (“earliest, first”), equivalent to ere + -est. Cognate with North Frisian iarst, iáárs, jarst, jest (“first”), West Frisian earst (“first”), Dutch eerste (“first”), German erste (“first”).

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