lang syne

== English == === Adverb === lang syne (poetic) long ago ==== Synonyms ==== of old, way back; see also Thesaurus:long ago == 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[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.