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

stillness
quiet
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

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	stilnes	stilnessa, stilnesse
accusative	stilnesse	stilnessa, stilnesse
genitive	stilnesse	stilnessa
dative	stilnesse	stilnessum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: stylnesse, stilnesse
- English: stillness

References

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stillness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.