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stillness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
stillness, e ; f.
Stillness, quiet ; quies,
    Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27 ; Zup. 53, 9.
in a physical sense, absence of noise or
disturbance
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  • On ðisse tíde nihtlícre stillnesse

    tempore isto nocturno quietis,

      Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 601, 1.

  • Windum stilnesse bebeódan,

      Blickl. Homl. 177, 17.

  • Ðonne (

    in church

    ) lǽrþ ús Godes engel stilnesse and gemetlíce sprǽce . . . lǽrþ ús se deófol unstilnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras and unnytte sprǽce,
      Wulfst. 233, 13-18.
quiet, silence
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  • Stilnysse

    taciturnitatis,

      Hpt. Gl. 455, 54.

  • Swígan ł stilnysse

    taciturnitatem,

      503, 63.

  • Hé mid stilnesse (

    cum silentio

    ) his líf geendode,
      Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 599, 7.
absence of disturbance or
molestation, tranquillity, peace, security
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  • Stil*-*nys

    securitas, requies ł quietudo,

      Hpt. Gl. 451, 43.

  • Hé on ðære gewune*-*lícan stilnesse Drihtne lifde

    solito in silentio vacare Domino coepit,

      Bd. 5, 9 ; S. 623, 31.

  • Ðá hæfde Hannibal and Rómáne án geár stilnesse (

    quies a tumultu bellorum

    ) him betweónum . . . On ðære stilnesse Scipia geeode ealle
      Ispanie, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 198, 34.

  • Ðú eart nú of ðinre stilnesse áhworfen,

      Bt. 7, 1 ; Fox 16, 24.

  • Gif wé ða stilnesse habbaþ,

      Past. pref. ; Swt. 7, 9.

  • Habbaþ eów stilnysse and sibbe,

      Homl. Th. i. 592, 6.
  • Ða stylnysse middaneardlícere sibbe wé áwendaþ tó ýdelre orsorhnysse, ii. 540, 7.
abstinence from, exemption from. v. stille,
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  • Ðá ðá hé lǽrde ðæt ðære ciricean ðegnas sceoldon stilnesse ðæra ðénunga habban (

    be exempt from secular services,

    cf.
      129, 10), Past. 18 ; Swt. 130, 4.
that which appeases (? cf.
O. Frs. stilnese nursing : Ger. still-amme wet-nurse : Swed. stilla to give fodder to cattle ; to suckle a child)
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  • Stilnesse, gefylnesse

    supplemento (supplementum

    viaticum, subsidium ad vitae necessaria, Migne),
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 9.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. stilnissi tranquillitas, silentium.]
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v. un-stillness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stillness.” 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/28998.

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