rin
verbnounattested in dialogue
- //ɹɪn//
To run.
verb
- 1
To run.
"Besides," he continued, "I'm no sure that I'm right in rinning—rinning! I'm no rinning , I'm ganging; weel then I'm no sure that I'm right doing a witch's errand, whether rinning or ganging, sae I'se stand still and consider it.[…]."
O! gin I were where Gadie^([the name of a rivulet]) rins,
Etymology
From Middle English rinnen, from Old English rinnan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”). More at run.
noun
- 1
A coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a Japanese yen, no longer in circulation.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 厘(りん) (rin).
Forms
- past tense
- ran
- past participle
- run
- present participle
- rinning
- third person singular
- rins