Pennsylvania Dutch Dictionary: erscht

erscht ˉ adverb
1. only
2. just
3. 's ~, at first
  Example
  1. Er hot gsaat, er hett ihn 's ~ geraabt, un no waerd's ihm bang waare, der Graemer daed ihn aagewwe. He said, he had at first robbed him, and then he became afraid the peddler would turn him in.
See also nerscht.