-yore-

adv. [ OE. &yogh_;ore, yare, &yogh_;are, AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. √204. See Year. ] In time long past; in old time; long since. [ Obs. or Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As it hath been of olde times yore. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which though he hath polluted oft and yore,
Yet I to them for judgment just do fly. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of yore, of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore. “But Satan now is wiser than of yore.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where Abraham fed his flock of yore. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]