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erst

[urst]

adverb Archaic.

before the present time; formerly.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English erest, Old English ǣrest (cognate with Old High German ērist, German erst), equivalent to ǣr ere + -est -est¹

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erst (ɜːst)

—*adv*
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]

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