凍餒とうたい

noun

privation; hardship from cold and hunger

Literary or classical term for suffering from cold and starvation; rarely used in modern everyday speech.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、凍餒とうたいに苦くるしむ民たみの様よう子すが記しるされている。

  Ancient documents describe the plight of people suffering from cold and hunger.