Betimes

Etymology
bitimes:, from bi: + time: and adverbial -s:.

Adverb

 * 1) In good season or time; early, especially in the morning.
 * 2) * 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, ch. 13,
 * I was up betimes in the morning, but Holmes was afoot earlier still, for I saw him as I dressed, coming up the drive.
 * 1) * 1896, A. E. Houseman, "To An Athlete Dying Young," in A Shropshire Lad,
 * Smart lad to slip betimes away
 * From fields where glory does not stay.
 * 1)  In a short time, soon.
 * 2) * 1898, The High History of the Holy Graal, translated by Sebastian Evans, Branch IX, Title II,
 * [O]ne prayed God right heartily aloud that He would send them betimes a knight that durst convoy them through this strait pass.

Thesaurus
after a while, ahead, ahead of time, anon, at times, before, before long, beforehand, beforetime, by and by, directly, early, ere long, ever and again, ever and anon, foresightedly, here and there, in a moment, in a while, in advance, in anticipation, in due course, in due time, now and again, now and then, once and again, oversoon, precociously, prematurely, presently, seasonably, shortly, soon, timely

Translations

 * Bulgarian: навреме, своевременно
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Spanish: al alba
 * Swedish: tidigt