(archaic) a structure surrounded by a moat or walls: a fortress, castle

being from a certain place / coming out

even if one says

ancient times, a very long time ago

once (in the indeterminate past)

the past, old times / ancient

olden days; former

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend