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Verst vs Erst - What's the difference?

verst | erst |

As a noun verst

is a Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2/3 of a mile.

As an adjective erst is

first.

As an adverb erst is

first of all, before (some other specified thing).

verst

English

(wikipedia verst)

Alternative forms

* werst

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2/3 of a mile.
  • * 1849 , "The Observatory at Pulkowa" The North American Review Volume 0069 Issue 144 (July 1849):
  • * 1910 , , "Reginald in Russia", Reginald in Russia :
  • * 1918 , (Aylmer and Louise Maude), trans. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina , Oxford 1998, p. 604:
  • * 1988 , (Anthony Burgess), Any Old Iron :

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    erst

    English

    Alternative forms

    * arste * (l) (dialectal)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) erste, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) First.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) erst, arst, erest, from (etyl) , (etyl) eerst.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) First of all, before (some other specified thing).
  • (obsolete) Sooner (than); before.
  • *:
  • *: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.
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    Derived terms
    * erstwhile

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