auld

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."

My faither was in it when he was nine, but you're no' allowed to gang doon now till you are twelve year auld.

He had been workin' on the top o' some auld workin's, an' I suppose they wadna ken, an' it fell in.

"Ay, an' it's a gran' price for onybody wha kens aboot it," said auld Jamie Lauder.

If not, it should be remedied; there is enough of the Auld Licht in you to be ravished.

They called their house 'Scotland,' and doubtless made as good bargains as the 'auld enemy' in the next street.