whilom

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whilom - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whilom \Whi"lom\ (hw[imac]"l[u^]m), adv. [AS. hw[imac]lum,
     properly, at times, dative pl. of hw[imac]l; akin to G.
     weiland formerly, OHG. hw[imac]l[=o]m, See While, n.]
     Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times. [Obs. or Poetic]
     --Spenser.
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           Whilom, as olde stories tellen us,
           There was a duke that highte Theseus.    --Chaucer.
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