单词 | langsyne |
释义 | langsyneadv.n. Scottish. Long since, long ago. Also n. esp. in auld lang syne. (Somewhat common in English use with allusion to Burns's song.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > long ago yorec900 for longOE langer1303 long agoc1350 far1362 for yorea1375 of yore ago(ne)a1375 long time1376 of olda1393 anciently1502 langsyne?a1513 oldlya1513 in old season1582 old1609 antiquely1652 then-a-days1688 (the) year one1754 way back1870 in yore1876 way back when1921 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 80 I had bene deid lang syne, doutles. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xvii. 3 In eirth lang syne yair had been nothing than, Saif only vice. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 181 Hame-o'er langsyne you hae been blyth to pack. 1796 R. Burns Auld Lang Syne (chorus) in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum V. 426 For auld lang syne my jo, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet for auld lang syne. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. iv. 142 Like what I hae seen langsyne, when we dwelt at Avenel. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning ii. vii A friend..of the happy lang syne. 1870 H. Smart Race for Wife ii. 27 In days lang syne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.n.?a1513 |
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