lang syne

See also: langsyne

English

Adverb

lang syne

1. (poetic) long ago
   • c. 1910, Ezra Pound, Prometheus, lines 3–4:

     Our selves have died lang syne, and we
     Go ever upward […]

Synonyms

• of old, way back; see also Thesaurus:long ago

Scots

Adverb

lang syne

1. long ago

Adjective

lang syne (not comparable)

1. ancient, of long ago

Noun

lang syne

1. old times
2. memories of the past
3. old friendships

References

• “lang syne, adv. comb., adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
• “lang-syne, adv. phr.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.