foreday

noun

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 it all [all it is] predicted.”

   “When the English horsemen shivered On the foredays' glorious strife, By his spearmen, and De Clifford Yielded both the wreath and life.”

   “We bend our knees to the ground Seeking refuge from the One on High To redeem us from the Prophesies of the fore-days Consigning these daysafter The last days, as the evil days.”

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