凍こごえ死しぬ

godan verb (-nu), intransitive verb

freeze to death; die of cold

Describes dying from exposure to extreme cold. The reading こごえじぬ is a voiced variant that occurs in natural speech.

• 山やまで遭そう難なんして、凍こごえ死しぬ人ひともいる。

  Some people get stranded in the mountains and freeze to death.

• 暖だん房ぼうがないと、凍こごえ死しぬかもしれない。

  Without heating, one might freeze to death.