ERST

adv.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
adv.

First. Chaucer.

2.
adv.

Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. Chaucer. Tityrus, with whose style he had erst disclaimed all ambition to match his pastoral pipe. A. W. Ward. At erst, at first; at the beginning. -- Now at erst, at this present time. Chaucer.

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