earst
English edit
Adverb edit
earst (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of erst
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene[1], published 1921, Book I:
- So th' one for wrong, the other strives for right,
And each to deadly shame would drive his foe:
The cruell steele so greedily doth bight
In tender flesh that streames of bloud down flow,
With which the armes, that earst so bright did show,
Into a pure vermillion now are dyde: […]
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ērste, from Old High German ērist, from Proto-West Germanic *airist.
Adjective edit
earst (not comparable)
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
West Frisian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Frisian ērest (“first”). Cognates include North Frisian iarst and English erst.
Adjective edit
< 0th | 1st | 2nd > |
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Cardinal : ien Ordinal : earst | ||
earst
Inflection edit
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Further reading edit
- “earst (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Adverb edit
earst
Further reading edit
- “earst (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
earst