rin
v. C2 Proficiency rin
v. to run. This is an old-fashioned or regional way to say it, mostly found in Scotland.
v. to move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time. A Scots variant of 'run'.
The children rin through the fields.
In the old song, the water would rin clear over the stones in the glen.
The poet uses the word 'rin' to evoke a specific sense of place and history, grounding the narrative in the linguistic traditions of the Scottish Lowlands.
From Middle English rinnen, from Old English rinnan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”). More at run.
Borrowed from Japanese 厘(りん) (rin).
Usage
Intransitive verb; primarily used in Scots dialect or archaic literary contexts.