palsy

halvaus

tärinä

halvaannuttaa puhekieltä Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
To paralyse, either completely or partially.
1831, w:William Lloyd Garrison|William Lloyd Garrison, w:The Liberator|The Liberator, To The Public http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2928t.html

In the month of August, I issued proposals for publishing "THE LIBERATOR" in Washington city; but the enterprise, though hailed in different sections of the country, was palsied by public indifference.

Its streets were blocked up with snow - the few passangers seemed palsied with snow, and frozen by the ungenial visitation of winter.