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stille

  • adjective
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stille, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§276; §434;
Still, quiet.
in a physical sense,
of motion,
without motion, at rest, not moving from a place, not disturbed
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  • Seó sunne stód stille ánes dæges lencge,

      Lchdm. iii. 262, 8.

  • Swá hé stille stande, ðǽr hine storm ne mæg áwecgan,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1003 ; An. 502.

  • Stille on wícum siteþ,

      Exon. Th. 390, 26 ; Rä. 9, 7.

  • Stille þynceþ lyft,

      383, 14 ; Rä. 4, 10 : 387, 5 ; Rä. 4, 74.

  • Se monlíca (

    the pillar of salt )

    stille wunode.
      Cd. Th. 155, 3 ; Gen. 2567.

  • Wundum stille

    motionless from wounds,

      Beo. Th. 5653 ; B. 2830.

  • Stánas sint stilre gecynde and heardre,

      Bt. 34, 11 ; Fox 150, 24.
  • Seó sǽ ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer ða stillan eorþan, 21 ; Fox 74, 28.

  • Twegen steorran standaþ stille,

      Lchdm. iii. 270, 17.

  • Wit be ðisse strǽte stille þencaþ bídan,

      Cd. Th. 147, 9 ; Gen. 2436.

  • Hí nýdde se tówarda winter ðæt hí stille wunodon swá hwǽr swá hí mihton

    coegerat eos imminens hiems ut ubicumque potuissent quieti manerent,

      Bd. 4, 1 ; S. 564, 39.

  • Ðý læs fyrhtu stille (

    quietos

    ) áwecce,
      Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 19.

  • His wyr*-*truman wesan stille on staðole, Cd. Th. 251, 9 ; Dan. 561.

    And fig.

    :-- Gif hé ne wolde lǽtan wræce stille,
      Exon. Th. 114, 10 ; Gú. 170.
moving little or
gently
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  • Se man sceal swíþe stille beón

    the patient must move about as little as possible,

      Lchdm. ii. 148, 25.

  • Oft stille wæter staðo brecaþ (cf.

    still waters run deep

    ),
      Prov. Kmbl. 63.
not easily moved (?),
that will not run freely (?)
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  • Wǽte þicce and stille,

      Lchdm. ii. 138, 13.
of sound,
silent
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  • Ðeáh ðú stille sý and unrót

    though thou be silent and sad,

      Ap. Th. 15, 17.

  • Se fæder hit gemǽnde stille

    pater rem tacitus considerabat,

      Gen. 37, 11.

  • Hé hét ða Saducéiscan stylle beón silentium inposuisset Sadducaeis, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 34. And fig. :-- Mid heortan stilre

    corde tacito,

      Hymn. Surt. 132, 30.

  • Wén is ðæt eówer sum cweðe tó him sylfum on stillum geðohtum . . .,

      Homl. Th. i. 580, 5.
not loud
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  • Mid stylre stemne,

      Homl. Th. ii. 410, 20.
quiet, unchanging, undisturbed, stable
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  • Ðú ðe unstilla ágna gesceafta tó ðínum willan wíslíce ástyrest and ðé self wunast swíðe stille unáwendendlíc á forð simle

    stabilis manens das cuncta moveri,

      Met. 20, 16.
quiet, not vehement, gentle
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  • Heó wæs on eallum þingum eáðmód and stille,

      Lchdm. iii. 430, 3.

  • Ne ástyrige gé ðone stillan Drihten tó ǽnigre yrsunge,

      Homl. Th. i. 592, 3.

  • Tó hwæm lócige ic búton tó ðǽm eáðmódum and tó ðǽm stillum

    ad quem respiciam, nisi ad humilem et quietum ?

      Past. 41, 1 ; Swt. 299, 20.
abstaining from, quit of. v. stillness,
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  • Sió hé stille his þegnungæ óð biscopes dóm,

      L. Wih. 6 ; Th. i. 38, 11.
Etymology
[O. Frs. stille : O. Sax. stilli : O. H. Ger. stilli quietus, tranquillus, serenus, immobilis, mitis, placidus.]
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v. un-stille.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/28996.

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