adv. Obs. Also 6 ygone, 6, 8 ygoe. [Spenserian pseudo-arch. form of AGO adv.] Ago; formerly. Late ygo: recently.
[1426. Lydg., De Guil. Pilgr., 6276. Yt ys not yet ygon ful yore … Whan thow doutest the off thys bred.]
1579. Spenser, Sheph. Cal., Oct., 62. And great Augustus long ygoe is dead. Ibid. (1590), F. Q., II. i. 2. Whom his victorious hands did earst restore To natiue crowne and kingdome late ygoe. Ibid. (1596), IV. xi. 39. And following Dee, which Britons long ygone Did call diuine, that doth by Chester tend.
1767. Mickle, Concub., I. xliii. And what ygoe the Place of Herbs had bene, Is now a Turnip Fielde.
1768. Downman, Land of Muses, lx. Her heart had long y-go transmewed bin to stone.
