• IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥elə]

FromMiddle Low Germanstille, fromOld Saxonstilli, fromProto-West Germanic*stillī.

stille (uninflected)

1. still
2. quiet
3. calm
4. silent

• (still, not moving):ubevægelig
• (still, quiet):tyst
• (still, calm):roligfredelig
• (silent):tavs

stille

1. still,quietly,silently

stille n

1. calm(period without wind)

• blikstille
• vindstille

Merger ofOld Norsestilla(“to calm”), borrowed fromMiddle Low Germanstillen, fromOld Saxon*stillian, fromProto-West Germanic*stillijan, andMiddle Low Germanstellen(“to place”), fromOld Saxonstellian, fromProto-West Germanic*stalljan.

stille (past tensestillede,past participlestillet)

1. toput,place,stand
2. toset(put; adjust)
3. tomuster,turn up
4. toreport(appear or present oneself)
5. tosupply,furnish
6. tosatisfy(to meet needs, to fulfill)
7. toquench,slake
8. toallay,alleviate

• (put):anbringe,sætte
• (satisfy, quench):mætte,opfylde
• (allay, alleviate):dæmpe,fjerne

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

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stille m orf (pluralstillen)

1. silent person, who rarely speaks
2. undercover agent (male only)

stille

1. inflection ofstil:
   1. masculine/femininesingularattributive
   2. definiteneutersingularattributive
   3. pluralattributive

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stille

1. inflection ofstillen:
   1. first-personsingularpresent
   2. singularimperative
   3. first/third-personsingularsubjunctive I

stille

1. inflection ofstill:
   1. strong/mixednominative/accusativefemininesingular
   2. strongnominative/accusativeplural
   3. weaknominative all-gendersingular
   4. weakaccusativefeminine/neutersingular

stille f

1. plural ofstilla

• stelli

FromOld Englishstille, fromProto-West Germanic*stillī.

• stil,stile

stille

1. silent,noiseless

• English:still

• “stille,adj.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

FromOld Englishstille.

• stile,stil,stel,stele

stille

1. silently,noiselessly

• English:still

• “stille,adv.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Fromstille(adj).

stille (uncountable)

1. (rare)calm (after a storm)

• English:still
• Yola:sthill

• “stille,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

FromOld Norsestilla, fromProto-West Germanic*stillijan.

stille (indeclinable)

1. silent
2. still
3. quiet

FromOld Norsestilla andMiddle Low Germanstellen.

stille (imperativestill,present tensestiller,passivestilles,simple paststilte,past participlestilt,present participlestillende)

1. toset
2. toask (a question)

FromOld Norsestilla.

stille (imperativestill,present tensestiller,simple paststilletorstilte,past participlestilletorstilt,present participlestillende)

1. (transitive, archaic, medicine) tocalm; tostill

   han stillet det blødende såret

   he stilled the bleeding wound

   • Psalms, 65:8

     du stillet bølgene

     you stilled the waves

The verb is used only in idiomatic contexts in this form, i.e. in Biblical language and in relation to making a bleeding stop, although in the latter contextstanse would still be a preferred term.

• smertestillende

• “stille” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²stɪlːə/

From the adjectivestill.

stille f (definite singularstilla,indefinite pluralstiller,definite pluralstillene)

1. quiet

   Eg likarstilla her på bygda.

   I like thequiet here in the countryside.

FromNorwegian Bokmålstille, probably fromMiddle Low German.

• still

stille

1. still (not moving)

   Han stod heiltstille.

   He stood totallystill.

2. quiet,silent.

   Han laga ikkje ein lyd. Han var heiltstille.

   He did not make a sound. He was totallyquiet.

3. definite ofstill
4. plural ofstill

• stillferdig
• svartstill

stille (present tensestiller,past tensestilte,past participlestilt,passive infinitivestillast,present participlestillande,imperativestill)

1. Alternative form ofstilla

• forstille
• innstille

• “stille” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

FromProto-West Germanic*stillī.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstil.le/,[ˈstiɫ.ɫe]

stille

1. still
   • 10th century,Exeter Book Riddle 8‎^[1]:

     Þonne iċ būgendre stefne styrme,stille on wīcum sittað hnīgende.

     When I shout with bending voice, thestill men sit bowing in dwellings.

2. quiet
3. calm

• stilnes

• Middle English:stille
  • English:still
  • Scots:stil,still

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