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Meanings of erst in English

Portuguese
antigamente

At a previous time;

antigamente
Usage of erst in English
1
Henceforth I scorn those little huddled landscapes that did erst content me.
The Cloister and the Hearth
2
Give me the lion heart which erst throbbed in your dauntless breasts!
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 / Devoted To...
3
Then he pulled up his shield that erst hung full low.
Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2
4
Then spake the King, smiling upon him, as erst: What wilt thou then?
The Story of the Glittering Plain / Which Has Been Also Called t...
5
Yet am I the Friend, as erst I called myself.
The Roots of the Mountains / Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Liv...
6
The charms that erst had budded, were now full blown.
Imogen: A Pastoral Romance
7
May be new made, and not, as erst, of nought:
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 3 (of 7) / The Fine Arts
8
So Israel's virgins erst With annual moan upon the mountains wept Their fairest gone!
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
9
So I am no nearer to it than erst.
The Well at the World's End: A Tale
10
As erst it rose to being at his word.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
11
Now I shall do whatever erst I did not.
The Cloister and the Hearth
12
He shaped erst for the sons of men
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
13
So Sir Launcelot received it, and said: Never did I erst so much for no damosel.
Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2
14
That erst disturbed it, till the welkin laughs
Essays Æsthetical
15
As erst the rocks gave forth their tears
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10,...
16
As erst they did before the prison tomb
From Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of Jame...
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