earst

Adverb

alt-of not-comparable obsolete

Obsolete spelling of erst

Japanese Meaning

かつて / 以前に / 昔

She had earst been the town's only seamstress, but many newcomers had opened shops.

彼女はかつて町で唯一の仕立て屋だったが、新しく店を開く人が増えた。

Sense（1）

Obsolete spelling of erst

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: […]