foredays

Noun

foreday (plural foredays)

1. (archaic, in plural, poetic) Past or former days
   • This same token should be of Luces the emperor, and of the Senators [of Rome], who with him came from Rome [thither]; ' and in the same wise, they there gan fall;' what Merlin in foredays said, all they it found there, as they did ere, and subsequently well everywhere; ere Arthur were born, Merlin...1847 [c. 1200], Frederic Madden, Layamon's Brut, Or Chronicle of Britain, translation of original by Layamon

   Synonyms:

   foretime

2. (dialectal) The earlier part of the day; the morning or early afternoon.

   Synonyms:

   forenoon, undermeal