Dictionary entry

Shudder

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shud″der (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Shuddered (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Shuddering.] [OE. shoderen, schuderen; akin to LG. schuddern, D. schudden to shake, OS. skuddian, G. schaudern to shudder, schütteln to shake, schütten to pour, to shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake.] To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake. “With shuddering horror pale.” Milton.

The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. Goldsmith.