Associations to the word «Erst»

Wiktionary

ERST, adjective. (obsolete) First.
ERST, adverb. (obsolete) First of all, before (some other specified thing).
ERST, adverb. (obsolete) Sooner (than); before.
ERST, adverb. (archaic) (poetic) Formerly, once, erstwhile.

Dictionary definition

ERST, adverb. At a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne