A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Coldrife, -riff, a. [In later dial. (also northern Eng.) cauldrife, -riff. For the use of the second element cf. Walkrife.] Inclined to be cold; lukewarm.a1658 Durham Blessedness Death (1682) 49.
Nor is this the way of dieing in the Lord, to have some coldrife prayers to die so 1684 Brodie Diary 489.
Zealous in my own maters, bot coldriff and indifferent in the maters of God and my soul! 1718 Wodrow Corr. II. 401.
We found them coldrife, and we were so likewise, and nothing is done or to be done among us
