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noun
· a time long past, now used...
olden daysbygone timesthe distant past
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long ago
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the presenttoday
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Etymology
From Middle English yore and Old English ġeāra ("long ago"), probably from a Proto-Germanic form meaning literally "of years," the genitive plural of *jērą ("year"). Once also an adverb meaning "long ago," it survives mainly as a noun in of yore.