A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Seke-ryf, adj. [Also in the mod. dial. as sickrife, seekrif(f (1) sickly, (2) (of ground) tainted with braxy, (3) nauseating; Sek(e adj.; -rife intensifying suffix (see also Rife adj.) as also in Coldrife adj., Sailrif(e adj. and Walkrife adj., and (see SND Seeck adj. 1 (4)) in mod. Sc.] ? Very sick, very ill; ? liable or susceptible to illness. —1456 Hay II 136/11.
Traist wele that the man may nocht be with grete payn seke ryf, that etis gude quhete brede and gude lycht flesche
