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wakerife, a. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈweɪkraɪf, -rɪf|
Forms: 6 wacryff, walkrife (waikryfe, walcryif), 5–7 walkryf(e, 6–7 wakryff, 8 wakryfe, 9 -rife, 8, 9 waukrife, 6– wakerife.
[f. wake n. + rife a.: cf. cauldrife.]
Indisposed to sleep, wakeful, vigilant. Also fig.
c1480Henryson Cock & Fox 103 Oure walkryfe watche, vs for to warne and tell, Quhen that Aurora,..Put vp hir heid betuix the nicht and day. 1513Douglas æneis iv. v. 17 Mony walkrife ene lurkis ther ondir. 1594J. Melvill Autob. & Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 315 Acknawlaging thairin the speciall benefeit of God's providence in steiring up the spreits of his servants to be wacryff, cearfull, and curagius. 1622Hannay Nightingale, etc. 25 When pleasing Prognes longing love For Philomelas sight Grew wake-rife. c1730Ramsay Cordial v, When thou waukrife art or dry. 1786Burns Epist. Major Logan x, The witching, curs'd, delicious blinkers Hae..gart me weet my waukrife winkers Wi' girnin spite. 1875W. Alexander Sk. Ain Folk 184 Eh, ye waukrife mannie: arena ye sleepin' yet? 1896Crockett Grey Man ii. 14 Being an old man, he was somewhat wakerife in the morning.
Hence ˈwakerifely adv., ˈwakerifeness.
1606tr. Rollock's 1 Thess. 126 (Jam.) So long as the diuell is in the world, so long there is necessity required of walkryfeness. 1633Sir A. Johnston (Ld. Wariston) Diary (S.H.S.) I. 99 Therby I sau God recalling me from impænitence to repentance..from securite unto wakraifnes. 1825Jamieson, Walkrifelie, waukrifelie, adv., wakefully. S. 1891H. Johnston Kilmallie II. 19 During this period of wakerifeness he had longed for action of some sort, but could not well get up in the dark. |