Related Clues:

• Long --
• In the past, once
• Have -- at (try)
• Archaic attachment to "while"
• Once, a long time ago
• From long --
• "That was a long time ___"
• Lead-in for while
• Formerly, archaically
• Attachment to "while"
• "... and seven years ___ ..."
• "... and seven years ___"
• Previously archaic?
• Rest turned formerly
• Gone, past, since