Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
In time long past; long ago.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA time long past.
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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