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aore (c.1170)
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aore (c.1170)

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ahoure,  aor  
  FEW:  hora 4,471b Gdf:  or 1 5,611a GdfC:  or 2 10,237a TL: or 4 6,1165 DEAF:  ore 3  DMF:  or 2  TLF:  or 2  / or 3  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

temporalnow, for the moment: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Pur ço que li reis e li prince se sunt humiliez devant mei, nes destruirai pas aore  Liv Reis1 148
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  'bel sire,' fet il, 'gentil reis, De cel a or ne pot chaleir'  Ipom BFR 7613
( c.1185 )  Jo sai ben que vus me gabez, Aor  (ms. aore) ben faire le poez  Proth ANTS 9154
( 1260; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si la terre ne seit a houre replevie  Brev Plac 189
( c.1420-89 )  Et pur ceo voillomus doner judgement a ore si come donomus a devant ore en autiel matter  Readings i xxix
aore d'icest
temporalat this (present) time: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Or seit mis en respit [...], Kar a ore d'icest ne ferai nul covent  Horn 1202

See also:

a2  ore2 
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