WHILOM

Whi″lom (hwī″lŭm), adv. [[AS. hwīlum, properly, at times, dative pl. of hwīl; akin to G. weiland formerly, OHG. hwīlōm, See While, n.]] Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times. Spenser. Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, There was a duke that highte Theseus. Chaucer.