ÉR - ere, earlier, before, once

'look ere you leap': explorer and naval admiral
Jacob van Heemskerck and navigator Willem Barents
prepare their second expedition to the far North,
by Christoffel Bisschop 1862 (source)

ÉR (once, earlier) - 1, 2, 5, 13, 20, 23, 26, 27, 30, 40, 42, 45 (fragment nrs. in list below)
ÉR (before ...) - 3, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36

as adjective, in expression:
ÉRA TÍDA (early times) - 6, 34
ÉRE GRÁTHÉD (former greatness) - 38

superlative:
THENE/THA ÉROSTA/-E (noun: the first) - 9, 33, 39
ÉROSTA/-E (adjective: earliest, first) - 15, 24, 37, 41, 46
ÉROST (at first) - 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 44
ÉRIST ( ,, ) - 43

Fragments in Codex Oera Linda:

1. HO GRAT VS LÁND ÉR WÉSEN SÍ
how great our lands once were
2. THINGA THÉR IK ÉR NAVT SEDSA NE MACHTE
things that earlier I had no chance to say
3. SAHWERSA HJU FALTH ÉR HJU.T DÉN HETH
should she die without [lit.: before] having done so
4. ÉR HJU MITH HIRA TOCHTIGE ÁDAMA THÀT LJUCHT BIWLATH
before she pollutes the light with her unchaste breath
5. NAVT ÉR VRSELLATH NE WERTHA
not be sold before
6. IN ÉRA TÍDA
In early times
7. ÉR HI AN SINA RÉNA KVMTH
before he reaches its boundaries
8. ÉR ER FAT WRDE
before he is caught
9. NW GVNG THENE ÉROSTA TO ÀND BROCHT THENE THJAF BY THA SKELTE
The first owner brought his thief to court
10. WARTH ER ÉROST EN B TO FARA HIARA STÀR PRIKED.
a ‘B’ was first tattooed on their foreheads
11. THÉR HJU ÉROST FJELDA HÉDE
there where before had been plains
12. NW KVMATH THA SKÉDNESE FON NÉF.TÜNIS ÀND SIN NÉF INKA ÉROST RJUCHT VPPET PAT
Here is where the history of Nef-Tunis and his kinsman Inka rightly begins
13. LIK HI WEL ÉR DÉN HÉDE
as he had done before.
14. ÉR THES KRODER.S JOL ÉNIS OMHLÁPEN HÉDE
before the Bearer’s Yule had made one turning
15. IN THA ÉROSTA JÉRA
In the earliest years
16. ÉR THA WÉRE RÉD WÉRE
Before the defense was ready
17. WRALDA WAS ÉR ALLE THINGA
Wralda existed before all things
18. ÉROST FON OVER MIN BURCH
first about my burg
19. ÉR EN BURCH.FÁM HJRA STÉD INNIMT
Before a burgmaid can take up her post
20. THACH HÉD.IK HJA ÉR NAVT SPRÉKEN HÉRED
though without that knowledge
21. ÉR HJA JÀ SEZA
before they say ‘yes’
22. THAN MOST ÉROST TO GA ÀND LÉRA
Then first you must go and learn
23. LIK HI ÉR DÉN HÉDE
as he had done before
24. ÉROSTE FORST
commander-in-chief
25. ÉR HI THAT DÉDE
before leaving [lit.: before he did that]
26. HWÉR THJU STRÉTE ÉR WÉST HÉDE
where the strait had once been
27. SÁ THA KÉNINGGAR FON THIRIS ÉR WÉSEN HÉDE
than any of the Tyrian kings had ever been
28. ÉR THRJA MÔNATHA FORBY WÉRON
before three months had passed
29. ÉR THÀT.ER BIJINA KVSTE
before he could even start
30. THÉR.I ÉR WÉST HÉDE
where he had been before
31. THÀT NIMMAN SKIATA NE MACHTE ÉR HY SKÁTEN HÉDE
to wait until he had shot first
32. ÉR THRJA MÔNATHA OM HLÁPEN WÉRON
within three months
33. THENE ÉROSTE FON SIN FOLK
the first of his folk
34. IN ÉRA TIDA
In early times
35. ÉR HJA JÉRICH WÉRON
in their early years
36. ÉR IK FOLGSTER NÔMATH HÉDE
before I have named a successor
37. FON SIN ÉROSTE WIF
From his first marriage
38. HJAR ÉRE GRÁTHÉD
their former greatness
39. THA ÉROSTA HÉTON HJARA SELVA MODER HIS SVNA
The first named themselves ‘Mother’s Sons’
40. SÁ AS.K ÉR SÉIDE
as I said before
41. SIN ÉROSTE SVNV
His first son
42. THÉR ÉR RIUCHTFÉRDICHHÉD WELDE
where justice once ruled
43. THÀT SKIL ÉRIST BÉRA
that shall not come to pass until
44. IN.T ÉROST
Initially
45. THÉR ÉR AN KÀLTA HÉRDE
that once belonged to Kelta
46. THENE ÉROSTE KÀNING
their first king

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note ÉR in this case is probably short for THÉR: THÉR THRVCH NIS ÉR NÉNE KÉREN