"coldrife" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more coldrife [comparative], most coldrife [superlative]
Etymology: From Scots cauldrife, from Old Scots "cauldrife", a compound of "cauld" and the (Scots) suffix "-rife" (compare "auldrife", "warkrife", "spendrife" etc.), from the adjective rife. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sco|cauldrife}} Scots cauldrife Head templates: {{en-adj}} coldrife (comparative more coldrife, superlative most coldrife)
  1. (Scotland) Cold, chilling. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-coldrife-en-adj-2hDTH-Bz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

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