"yore" meaning in Middle English

See yore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb}} yore
  1. yore (in a time long ago)
    Sense id: en-yore-enm-adv-8xEwgBK6
  2. (with past participle) for a long time
    Sense id: en-yore-enm-adv-sbu~-kMM

Download JSON data for yore meaning in Middle English (0.7kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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