飢き凍とう

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

starving and freezing to death

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

• 昔むかしの記き録ろくには、冬ふゆの山やまで飢き凍とうした旅りょ人じんの話はなしが残のこっている。

  Old records tell of travelers who starved and froze to death in the winter mountains.