Definitions of erst in English
adverb
(1) At a previous time
Examples of erst in English
(1) The friends whom erst you knew
(2) The friends whom erst you knew
(3) Guide me, who erst trod so daintily the streets of Troy, but now am but a slave.
(4) Here sleeps the Man, who erst denied mean self.
synonyms of erst
at one time
formerly
erstwhile
once
