飢き凍とう

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

starving and freezing to death

rare term

Rare literary term describing death from both starvation and cold. Used in historical or dramatic contexts.

凍とう死し
凍死 means 'freezing to death' without the starvation element. 飢凍 is a rare compound that combines both starvation and freezing.
餓が死し
餓死 means 'starving to death' without the freezing element. 飢凍 is a rare compound that combines both.

Compound of 飢 (starvation) and 凍 (freezing). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a rare literary term.