rigescere

rigescere [CL] 1 to become stiff, hard or unyielding. b (w. ref. to human body or part of it) to become stiff or rigid, to freeze. de terris orior ‥ / ‥ Vulcani torre rigescens Aldh. Aen. 70 (Tortella) 2. b Lethi sub limine ‥ / artus sensu fugiente rigescunt Bede CuthbV 342; quanto etate provectior, tanto obstinatius ~entibus nervis ambulandi impotentior W. Malm. GP V 269; stupore metuque ~ens W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 60; mox meatus quibus ducebatur spiritus occluduntur, evertuntur oculi, brachia ~unt Ailr. Ed. Conf. 767A; caro congelascet, crura ~ent, manus et brachia decident P. Blois Ep. 117. 348B; subita nervorum contractione cepit ~ere, ut penitus impotens esset pedes ‥ extendere R. Bocking Ric. Cic. II 7; jam flagellancium rigescunt brachia Walt. Wimb. Carm. 543. 2 to freeze, become stiff w. cold; b (fig.). gelidissimo frigore comprehensus ‥ ~ere et congelascere cepit J. Ford Wulf. 22. b quorum viscera gelido austeritatis nimie ~unt affectu, quorum viscera nullum misericordie distillant liquorem G. Hoyland Serm. 234D; donec et ipse in lateribus aquilonis posuit sedem suam, per infidelitatis frigus a fidei pietate ~ens J. Ford Serm. 66. 5.

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