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 ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== sibb and stilnes unstilnes ==== 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.