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English
Adverb
lang syne
- long ago
c. 1910, Ezra Pound, Prometheus, lines 3–4:Our selves have died lang syne, and we
Go ever upward […]
Synonyms
Scots
Adverb
lang syne
- long ago
Adjective
lang syne (not comparable)
- ancient, of long ago
Noun
lang syne
- old times
- memories of the past
- 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 Grant and D 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 Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.