Using the word 'yore' in ways other than "of yore"

Question

Whenever I read the word 'yore' in a sentence, it's almost always used to say "of yore". For example:

"The ways of yore have withered"

Are there other grammatically valid ways, however old or unusual, to use the word 'yore'? Which, if any, of the following sentences are grammatically valid?

• "I remember yore's ways"
• "That was yore, this is now"
• "Yore he came, and has ruled since"
• "Our once green yore home is now barren"

I will appreciate any examples of valid alternative usage, including ways that I didn't mention. Let's try to list every valid way to use 'yore'.

Answer 1

In modern English? No

In a COCA search for * yore, most hits were for "of yore". Filtering through the rest, I got almost all irrelevant results (e.g., last names and a dialect spelling of "your"). All that remain were of the pattern "of * yore", like "Parisian couture shows of generations yore" in Harpers Bazaar (2011).

Before that? Go crazy

In Middle English, there was a lot more variety as shown by the Middle English Dictionary, too much to list here in full. One example is "yorefather" (meaning "forefather") as in "Oure ȝorefader hit con mysseȝeme" from Pearl (Nero A.10).