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derigescere

derigescere (dirig-) [CL] 1 to become stiff; b (w. fear or amazement). nec sic algore tepente in mortem anima fugiente ~uit W. Malm. GP I 17; statim manus ejus circa hastam ~uit et usque ad finem vite sue ‥ contracta permansit Ailr. SS Hex 3; pre nimio frigoris squalore corpus ~uit R. Cold. Godr. 74.  b †diriguere, pallescere GlC D 260 (cf. Gl. Leid. 35. 14: †diriguere, pro stupore pallescere); ~uit, i. obstipuit, horruit, induruit, ablycde GlH D 541; porrectis litteris dux fraudem miratus ~uit W. Malm. GR II 145; ad hec illi, fraude quasi jam intercepta, ‥ expalluere perterriti, dirriguere stupefacti T. Mon. Will. VI 13; quibus ego visis pre timore totus ~ui Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 4. 2 to stiffen (trans.). R. Cold. Cuthb. 2 (v. bruchus).

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