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inhorrere

inhorrēre, ~escere [CL] 1 a to be or become stiff, stand on end. b to be or become thick with projecting points, to bristle (with). c to be or become rough, stand out roughly (from a surface). a cum [delphines] irascuntur, ~escunt pinne Wals. HA II 204.  b furor militum etiam crucifixum sagittis ~ere fecerat W. Malm. GR III 270 (cf. id. GP II 91 p. 197).  c incisiva cutem scabies non asperat, illic / nullus inhorrescit scopulus Hanv. II 63. 2 to be or become harsh, grim, severe (sts. w. abl.): a (w. winter, storm, or sim. as subj.; also fig.); b (w. illness as subj.); c (w. period of time as subj.); d (var.). a quadam hyeme, que nivibus et pruinis aspera ~uerat W. Malm. GR II 190; Willelmo [II] reverso rursus tempestas intonuit, rursus procella odiorum ~uit Id. GP I 50 p. 91; s1135 hiemps ‥ tum aspera ~ebat Id. HN 459; hyemis ‥ tempus simul cum noctis tenebris asperius ~uerat R. Cold. Cuthb. 16 p. 32.  b aderat ‥ monachus ‥ antiquo intraneorum laborans incommodo; tunc quoque solito gravius ~uerat W. Malm. GP V 267 p. 424.  c s1140 totus annus ille asperitate guerre ~uit W. Malm. HN 483 p. 40.  d in mislocutione ‥ que magis ~uit in Londonia (Leg. Hen. 22.1) GAS 561; avaricie stridulum murmur et habendi prava sitis ~uit (Quad. Dedicatio 11) GAS 529; pertinax malivolentia diutius inter eos ~uerat Ord. Vit. V 16 p. 432; fames ~escebat, quoniam pabula omnia de die in diem deficiebant Ib. IX 9 p. 521; Ib. XI 38 p. 296 (v. fructus 4a). 3 to be or become horrible, repulsive; b (w. dat. of person). ~ent nigerrime rubete enormitatis insuete, crescentes mole et multitudine Gosc. Transl. Mild. 37 p. 209.  b [mulieres] parum de musco sub lingua teneant, ne ~escant viris [sc. through bad breath] Gilb. III 149. 2. 4 to shudder with fear, be or become horrified, afraid. hic ‥, consideratis innumeris malis ‥, ~uit Eadmer HN 4; audito ‥ ululatu femineo primo ~uit, quia dubitabat monstrum illud adesse G. Mon. X 3; Map NC III 2 f. 36 (v. expallescere); quo viso miles ~uit [ME: was adrad] et fugam meditari cepit Itin. Mand. p. 18.

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