Word Study
yore
CIDE DICTIONARY
yore, adv. [OE. , yare, , AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. Year.].
In time long past; in old time; long since. [1913 Webster]
"As it hath been of olde times yore." [1913 Webster]
"Which though he hath polluted oft and yore,
Yet I to them for judgment just do fly." [1913 Webster]
Yet I to them for judgment just do fly." [1913 Webster]
"Where Abraham fed his flock of yore." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
yore, n. literary
Idiom
of yore formerly; in or of old days.
Etymology
OE geara, geare, etc., adv. forms of uncert. orig.
THESAURUS
yore
auld lang syne, days beyond recall, days of old, days of yore, early times, eld, foretime, good old times, lang syne, long ago, old days, old story, old times, olden times, same old story, the olden time, times of old, times of yore, way back, yesterday, yesteryear, yoretimeFor further exploring for "yore" in Webster Dictionary Online
