LekhoriLekhoriAt times, on occasion, sometimes.
Wald ze be lov'd, this lessone mon ze leir; / Flie vhylome Love, and it will folou thee.
Preceded by of or this: for some time that has passed.
This money I do give ye, becauſe of vvhilom / You have bin thought my ſonne, and by myſelfe too, […]
At some time in the past; former, sometime.
On the same day, two notable Female Prisoners are also put in ward there: Dame Dubarry and Josephine Beauharnais! Dame whilom Countess Dubarry, Unfortunate-female, had returned from London; they snatched her, not only as Ex-harlot of a whilom Majesty, and therefore suspect; but as having 'furnished the Emigrants with money.'
During the same time that; while.
Subjects their King, the King his Subjects greets, / VVhilome the Scepter and the Plough-ſtaffe meets.
From Middle English whilom (“(adverb) at one time, formerly, once; once upon a time; at times, sometimes; at a future time; (conjunction) while”) [and other forms], from Old English hwīlum, hwīlan, hw...
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Of a person: deceased, late.