霜そう髪はつ

noun

frost-white hair; hoary hair

Literary term for hair that has turned white with age, likened to frost. Used in poetic or elevated contexts.

• 老ろう人じんの霜そう髪はつが冬ふゆの朝あさの光ひかりに輝かがやいていた。

  The old man's frost-white hair shone in the winter morning light.