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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Erst \Erst\ ([~e]rst), adv. [Orig. superlative of ere; AS.
     [=ae]rest. See Ere.] [Archaic]
     1. First. --Chaucer.
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     2. Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. --Chaucer.
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              Tityrus, with whose style he had erst disclaimed all
              ambition to match his pastoral pipe.  --A. W. Ward.
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     At erst, at first; at the beginning.
  
     Now at erst, at this present time. --Chaucer.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Erst \Erst\ ([~e]rst), adv. [Orig. superlative of ere; AS.
     [=ae]rest. See Ere.] [Archaic]
     1. First. --Chaucer.
  
     2. 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  erst
       adv : at a previous time; "once he loved her"; "her erstwhile
             writing" [syn: once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  erst
     Γερμανικά adv.
     μόνο, παρά

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  erst
     German adv.
     1 first, at first
     2 only (q: with progress, accomplishments or the present time)
     3 not until, not for, not before (q: with reference to a point or
  period of time in the future)
     4 only, as recently as (q: with reference to the past)
     5 (short for de erstmal)
     6 (lb de Switzerland) (synonym of de zumal)
     Old Frisian a.
     (alternative form of ofs ērest)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  erst
     a.
     (lb en obsolete) first.
     adv.
     (lb en obsolete) First of all, before (some other specified thing).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  erst
     German adv.
     1 first, at first
     2 only (q: with progress, accomplishments or the present time)
     3 not until, not for, not before (q: with reference to a point or
  period of time in the future)
     4 only, as recently as (q: with reference to the past)
     5 (short for de erstmal)
     6 (lb de Switzerland) (synonym of de zumal)
     Old Frisian a.
     (alternative form of ofs ērest)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  erst
     German adv.
     1 first, at first
     2 only (q: with progress, accomplishments or the present time)
     3 not until, not for, not before (q: with reference to a point or
  period of time in the future)
     4 only, as recently as (q: with reference to the past)
     5 (short for de erstmal)
     6 (lb de Switzerland) (synonym of de zumal)
     Old Frisian a.
     (alternative form of ofs ērest)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  erst
     Saksa adv.
     1 vasta
     2 ensimmäiseksi, ensin, ensinnä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  erst
     Tyska adv.
     1 först
     2 så sent som