or 2 
(ôr) Archaic
(ôr) Archaic conj.
Before. Followed by ever or ere: "I doubt he will be dead or ere I come" (Shakespeare).
prep.
Before.
[Middle English, variant of er, from Old English ǣr, soon, early, and from Old Norse ār; see ayer- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]