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un-stille

  • adjective
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un-stille, adj.
Not still, unquiet
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  • Unstille

    inquies,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26
      • ;
    • Zup. 52, 4.
of motion, not at rest, moving
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  • Ðæt wæter unstille ǽghwider wolde tóscríþan, ne meahte hit on him selfum ǽfre gestandan,

    • Met. 20, 92.

  • Sund unstille,

    • Exon. Th. 338, 14
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 78.

  • Swift wæs on fóre, dreág unstille winnende wéga,

    • 434, 24
      • ;
    • Rä. 52, 5.

  • Eall ðiós unstille gesceaft,

    • Bt. 39, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 220, 23.

  • Ðæt unstille hweól ( velox rota ) ðe Ixion wæs tó gebunden,

    • 35, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 168, 31.

  • Ða unstillan woruldgesceafta,

    • Met. 11, 19.

  • Ðara unstillena gesceafta styring ne mæg nó weorþan gestilled, ne eác onwend of ðam ryne ðe him geset is,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • Fox 74, 3.

  • Ðú ðe ealle ða unstillan gesceafta tó ðínum willan ástyrast

    qui das cuncta moveri,

      33, 4; Fox 128, 9: Met. 20, 14.
liking movement (lit. or fig.), unquiet, restless; in a bad sense, unruly
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  • Hé cwæð ðæt sió tunge wǽre unstille yfel

    lingua, inquietum malum,

    • Past. 38
      • ;
    • Swt. 281, 7.

  • Eh byð unstyllum ǽfre frófur,

    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 9
      • ;
    • Rún. 19.

  • Ða unstillan ( inquietos ) hé sceal þreágean,

    • R. Ben. 13, 12.

  • Nánwuht nis on ús unstilre and ungestæððigre ðonne ðæt mód

    nil in nobis est corde fugacius,

    • Past. 38
      • ;
    • Swt. 273, 11.
unquiet, disturbed
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  • Ðæt mǽden hæfde unstille niht,

    • Ap. Th. 18, 27.
not at peace, troubled
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  • Hé wæs fram ðam áwyrgedan gáste unstille; and swá swýþe hé hine drehte, ðæt hé his sylfes nǽnig gemynd ne hæfde,

    • Guthl. 13
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 60, 12.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. un-stilli inquiens, vacillans, inquietus.
]
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v.  stille.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-stille.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/33791.

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