a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas (1621) 910 So, Wisedom should be to the Many-year'd.
1898 T. Hardy 122 When told that some too mighty strain For one so many-yeared Had burst her bosom's master-vein, His doubts remained unstirred.
1983 17 312 I cannot tell..whether Haksar regards a form of life as a many-yeared thing, [or] a short-term thing.