Meaning of earst | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of erst.

alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

“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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