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Webster 1913 Edition

Yore

Yore

(yōr)
,
adv.
[OE.
ȝore
,
yare
,
ȝare
, AS.
geára
;akin to
geár
a year, E.
year
. √204. See
Year
.]
In time long past; in old time; long since.
[Obs. or Poetic]
As it hath been of olde times
yore
.
Chaucer.
Which though he hath polluted oft and
yore
,
Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.
Spenser.
Of yore
,
of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore.
“But Satan now is wiser than of yore.”
Pope.
Where Abraham fed his flock
of yore
.
Keble.

Webster 1828 Edition

Yore

YORE

,
adv.
[It probably signifies past, gone, from the root of year.] Long.
Of yore, of old time; long ago; as in times or days of yore.
But Satan now is wiser than of yore.

Definition 2024

yore

yore

See also: yöre

English

Noun

yore ‎(uncountable)

  1. (poetic) time long past
    This word comes from the days of yore.

Usage notes

A fossil; not used outside the phrase of yore, especially the idiom days of yore.

Translations

Adverb

yore ‎(not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) In time long past; long ago.
    • Spenser
      Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, / Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.

Anagrams

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English ġēara ‎(literally “of years”), genitive plural of ġēar ‎(“year”). More at year.

Pronunciation

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