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yore

  [yawr, yohr]
–noun
1. Chiefly Literary. time past: knights of yore.
–adverb
2. Obsolete. of old; long ago.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE geāra
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yore   (yôr, yōr)   
n.  Time long past: days of yore.

[Middle English, long ago, time long past, from Old English gēara, geāra, long ago, from genitive pl. of gēar, year; see year.]
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Word Origin & History

yore 
O.E. geara (adv.) "of yore," originally genitive plural of gear (see year), and used without of.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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