somewhile

[suhm-hwahyl, -wahyl]

adverb Archaic.

Origin of somewhile

Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; see origin at some, while

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After that they steered east to Osel, and lay there somewhile under a ness.
The story of Burnt Njal
Anonymous
Somewhile later came King Svein to the encounter with the Danish host, and to him was a tale of three hundred ships.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)
Snorri Sturluson
Somewhile after I was called to Prestongrange, where he was sitting in his bedgown and nightcap, with his letters around him.
David Balfour, Second Part
Robert Louis Stevenson
She had somewhile suffered with a weak Heart, and this sudden and extreme cold paralysed what vitality it had.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883)
Edward FitzGerald
Somewhile before dawn the rain ceased, the sky brightened, and here and there a star showed.
My Danish Sweetheart., Volume 2 of 3
William Clark Russell

mid-12c., from some + while.