yore

Etymology
From, , , , , , from , of origin but probably from , the genitive plural of. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  A time long past.

Usage notes
A fossil; virtually unused outside the phrase, especially the idiom.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:the past

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ver verleden, ,
 * Estonian: ammune
 * French: ,
 * German: lange zurückliegend, eine lang zurückliegende Zeit , aus uralten Zeiten
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Japanese: 在りし日,
 * Ladino: antanyada
 * Norwegian: gamle dager
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: да́вние времена́,
 * Spanish:

Adverb

 * 1)  In time long past; long ago.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:long ago

Adverb

 * 1) yore (in a time long ago)
 * 2)  for a long time
 * 3) * c. 1300, Anonymous, "Alison" (as printed in Oxford Dictionary of English Verse, 1900):
 * "enm"

- Ichabbe y-yerned yore.