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Webster 1913 Edition


Whilom

Whi′lom

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Whilom

WHILOM

,
adv.
Formerly; once; of old.