syne

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syne

S0398800 (sīn) Scots adv.1. Before now; ago.2. Afterward; since then; since.3. Thereupon; next.conj. Since.prep. Since.

[Scots, from Middle English sitthen, from Old English siththan.]

syne

(səɪn) or

syn

adv, prep, conj a Scot word for since[C14: probably related to Old English sīth since]

syne

(səɪn) or

synd

vb (tr) to rinse; wash outna rinse[C14: of uncertain origin]

syne

(saɪn)

adv., prep., conj. Chiefly Scot. since. [1300–50; Middle English (north) seine, syn, contraction of sethen, sithen since]

syne

Past participle: syned
Gerund: syning

Imperative
syne
syne

Present
I syne
you syne
he/she/it synes
we syne
you syne
they syne

Preterite
I syned
you syned
he/she/it syned
we syned
you syned
they syned

Present Continuous
I am syning
you are syning
he/she/it is syning
we are syning
you are syning
they are syning

Present Perfect
I have syned
you have syned
he/she/it has syned
we have syned
you have syned
they have syned

Past Continuous
I was syning
you were syning
he/she/it was syning
we were syning
you were syning
they were syning

Past Perfect
I had syned
you had syned
he/she/it had syned
we had syned
you had syned
they had syned

Future
I will syne
you will syne
he/she/it will syne
we will syne
you will syne
they will syne

Future Perfect
I will have syned
you will have syned
he/she/it will have syned
we will have syned
you will have syned
they will have syned

Future Continuous
I will be syning
you will be syning
he/she/it will be syning
we will be syning
you will be syning
they will be syning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been syning
you have been syning
he/she/it has been syning
we have been syning
you have been syning
they have been syning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been syning
you will have been syning
he/she/it will have been syning
we will have been syning
you will have been syning
they will have been syning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been syning
you had been syning
he/she/it had been syning
we had been syning
you had been syning
they had been syning

Conditional
I would syne
you would syne
he/she/it would syne
we would syne
you would syne
they would syne

Past Conditional
I would have syned
you would have syned
he/she/it would have syned
we would have syned
you would have syned
they would have syned

syne

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for auld lang syne

In honor of old times. "Auld lang syne" is a Scottish phrase meaning "old long since." Come on, you're only in town for a few days—let's go to dinner for auld lang syne.See also: auld, lang, syne

for auld lang syne

for old times' sake. The phrase literally means ‘for old long since’, and is the title and refrain of a song by Robert Burns ( 1788 ).See also: auld, lang, syne

for auld lang syne/for old times' sake

In memory of the good old days; for nostalgic reasons. This expression today is invariably associated with the song Robert Burns allegedly took down from an old man’s singing in 1788. Presumably it began its life with an emphasis on remembering “auld acquaintance”—that is, old friends—which appeared about 1670 in a ballad by Francis Semphill and repeated a phrase that was already proverbial. The anglicized version, for old times’ sake, probably dates from the same period. Eric Partridge deemed both to be clichés by the mid-nineteenth century. See also: auld, lang, old, sake, syne