寒さむ気け立だつ

godan verb (-tsu), intransitive verb

feel cold; have a chill

Describes a sudden sensation of coldness, often from illness, fear, or an eerie atmosphere. More literary or expressive than 寒気がする.

• 熱ねつが出でる前まえに、背せ中なかが寒さむ気け立だった。

  Before the fever came, a chill ran down my back.

• その不ぶ気き味みな話はなしを聞きいて、全ぜん身しんが寒さむ気け立だった。

  Hearing that eerie story, I felt a chill all over.