The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yore \Yore\ (y[=o]r), adv. [OE. [yogh]ore, yare, [yogh]are, AS. ge['a]ra;akin to ge['a]r a year, E. year. [root]204. See Year.] In time long past; in old time; long since. [Obs. or Poetic]
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.
Wiktionary
adv. Long ago; in days long past.
Usage examples of "of yore".
In those halcyon days of yore, BH, Before Humans, life was an idyllic pleasure.
Of course we will, take good care of yore-selves, an' give that ferret a kick from me!
Like Joseph Conrad, or Philip Roth or, better yet, those fabulous writers of yore, Henry Kuttner and C.
As for who I be, as if thou dost not know: I am Fleta, thy companion of yore.