auld lang syne

[awld lang zahyn, sahyn]

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noun Scot. and North England.

old times, especially times fondly remembered.

old or long friendship.

Origin of auld lang syne

literally, old long since, i.e., old long-ago (days)

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I remember that, in one of those Ambrosial Noctes, some one remarked in auld-lang-syne, that Maga is a ubiquity.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847
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British Dictionary definitions for auld lang syne

auld lang syne

noun

old times; times past, esp those remembered with affection or nostalgia

Word Origin for auld lang syne

Scottish, literally: old long since

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auld lang syne in Culture

“Auld Lang Syne”

[(awld lang zeyen, seyen)]

A traditional Scottish song, customarily sung on New Year's Eve; the title means “Time Long Past.” The words, passed down orally, were recorded by the eighteenth-century poet Robert Burns. The song begins:

Should auld [old] acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to min'?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!