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See also: langsyne
English[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- long ago
- c. 1910, Ezra Pound, Prometheus, lines 3–4:
- Our selves have died lang syne, and we
Go ever upward […]
Synonyms[edit]
- of old, way back; see also Thesaurus:long ago
Scots[edit]
Adverb[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lang syne (not comparable)
Noun[edit]
References[edit]
- “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.