What is a synonym for "yore"?

Common synonyms include: auld lang syne, days beyond recall, days of old, days of yore, early times, eld.

Yore

//jɔː// adv, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A time long past. poetic, uncountable
"This word comes from the days of yore."
2
time long past wordnet

Adverb

1
In time long past; long ago. not-comparable, obsolete
"Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, / Yet I to them for iudgement iust do fly"

Synonyms

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auld lang syne days beyond recall days of old days of yore early times eld

Example

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""Whom the gods love die young", was said of yore."

Etymology

From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (“long ago”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂ (literally “of years”), the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year.

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