yore
A time long pastA time long past.
» "Whom the gods love die young", was said of yore.
"Wen die Götter lieben, der stirbt jung", sagte man früher.
Meaning
1 senses(poetic, uncountable)A time long past.
This word comes from the days of yore.
lange zurückliegend, eine lang zurückliegende Zeit, aus uralten Zeiten
да́вние времена́dávnije vremená, было́еbylóje
time long past
Examples
4 sentences"Whom the gods love die young", was said of yore.
de"Wen die Götter lieben, der stirbt jung", sagte man früher. — MUIRIEL
We can thank the intrepid sailors of yore for these wildly descriptive terms.
Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley.
"Art thou, then, that AEneas, whom of yore / Venus on Simois' banks to old Anchises bore?"
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (“long agFrom Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (“long ago”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂ (literally “of years”), the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable