stilnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• stillnes, stillnys, stilnys

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stillinassī. Equivalent to stille +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstil.nes/

Noun

stilnes f

1. stillness
2. quiet
3. calm, calmness, peace
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Þā hæfde Hannibal ⁊ Rōmane ān ġēar stilnesse him betweonum...

     Then Hannibal and the Romans had a year of peace between them...

Declension

Declension of stilnes (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	stilnes	stilnessa, stilnesse
accusative	stilnesse	stilnessa, stilnesse
genitive	stilnesse	stilnessa
dative	stilnesse	stilnessum

Derived terms

• sibb and stilnes
• unstilnes

Descendants

• Middle English: stylnesse, stilnesse
  • English: stillness

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stillness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.