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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶GUDE-RIFE, adj. Good.Sc.(E) 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms xxxiv. 12:
What wight is he that 's fain o' life; lo'es lang-days, till see gude-rife?