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—wakerifeness, n./wayk"ruyf'/, adj. Scot. and North Eng.wakeful.[1470-80; WAKE1 + RIFE]
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wakerife
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wakerife — adjective Etymology: Middle English (Scots) walkryfe, from walk awake (from waken, walken to wake) + ryfe rife Date: 15th century Scottish wakeful, alert … New Collegiate Dictionary
wakerife — wake·rife … English syllables
wakerife — ˈwāˌkrīf adjective Etymology: Middle English (Scots) walkryfe, from walk awake (from walken, waken to wake, from Old English wacan) + ryfe rife, from Old English rȳfe more at wake, rife Scotla … Useful english dictionary
waukrife — ˈwȯˌkrīf chiefly Scotland variant of wakerife * * * waukrife same as ↑wakerife (see under ↑wake1). * * * waukrife variant of wakerife Sc … Useful english dictionary
waikrife — obs. Sc. form of wakerife … Useful english dictionary
wakrife — wakrife, ryfe variant ff. of wakerife … Useful english dictionary
walcryif — obs. form of wakerife … Useful english dictionary
walkrife — walkrife, ryf(e obs. forms of wakerife … Useful english dictionary
