The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beforetime \Be*fore"time`\, adv. Formerly; aforetime.
[They] dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
--2 Kings
xiii. 5.
Wiktionary
adv. (context archaic English) formerly, previously.
Usage examples of "beforetime".
For even the birds of Ares that haunted the desert isle beforetime, not even them did we find.
Hyllean land, and they left behind all the islands that were beforetime thronged by the Colchians--the Liburnian isles, isle after isle, Issa, Dysceladus, and lovely Pityeia.
The Court had, beforetimes, been composed of wise advisers, faithful deputies and stern fighting men.
For even the birds of Ares that haunted the desert isle beforetime, not even them did we find.
Hyllean land, and they left behind all the islands that were beforetime thronged by the Colchians--the Liburnian isles, isle after isle, Issa, Dysceladus, and lovely Pityeia.