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Yore

//jɔː// adv, noun

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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"

Noun
  1. 1
    A time long past. poetic, uncountable

    "This word comes from the days of yore."

  2. 2
    time long past wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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