Ersh vs Erst - What's the difference?
ersh | erst |
(obsolete) First.
(obsolete) First of all, before (some other specified thing).
(obsolete) Sooner (than); before.
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*:Thenne he sente the varlet ageyne and bad hym telle Kyng Mark that I wille come as soone as I am hole / for erste I maye doo hym noo good / Thenne Kynge Mark hadde his ansuer / There with came Elyas and badde the Kynge yelde vp the castel
(archaic, poetic) Formerly, once, erstwhile.