Yore (yōr), adv. [OE. ”ore, yare, ”are, AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. √204. See Year.] In time long past; in old time; long since.
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.