auld lang syne” is Scottish-Gaelic for “old long since,” or, more idiomatically, “days gone by” or “time long past.
Take this verse by famous Scottish poet Robert Burns in his famous Scottish poem “auld Lang Syne.”
When she stands by the bedside of a dying Victor McLaglen and sings “auld Lang Syne,” it is an occasion for real tears.
New Years means Champagne, “auld Lang Syne,” and good college football.
But it was a time for everybody to join hands as we did on formerly Air Force One and sing "auld Lang Syne."
Or the thraldom of the people in "the days of auld langsyne?"
Stanton sang a solo, and then all joined in “auld Lang Syne.”
"I made that promise for the sake of 'auld lang syne,'" answered Mr. Dunbar.
"But auld Wilson's spite on her olas did cap me a laal bit," said Matthew again.
"And when the auld one did get strucken, he could not shriek," added Reuben.
variant of old that more accurately preserves the Anglo-Saxon vowel. Surviving in northern English and Scottish; distinctly Scottish after late 14c.
