stilnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • stillnes, stillnys, stilnys

Etymology

From stil(le) +‎ -nes. Cognate with Old High German stilnissi.

Noun

stilnes f (nominative plural stilnessa)

  1. Stillness, silence, quiet, absence of speech, noise, or movement.

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
  • unstilnes

Descendants
  • Middle English: stylnesse, stilnesse

References
  • stillness in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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