stille

• IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥elə]

From Middle Low German stille, from Old Saxon stilli, from Proto-West Germanic *stillī.

stille (uninflected)

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

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

stille

1. still, quietly, silently

stille n

1. calm (period without wind)

• blikstille
• vindstille

Merger of Old Norse stilla (“to calm”), borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan, and Middle Low German stellen (“to place”), from Old Saxon stellian, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan.

stille (past tense stillede, past participle stillet)

1. to put, place, stand
2. to set (put; adjust)
3. to muster, turn up
4. to report (appear or present oneself)
5. to supply, furnish
6. to satisfy (to meet needs, to fulfill)
7. to quench, slake
8. to allay, alleviate

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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stille m or f (plural stillen)

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

stille

1. inflection of stil:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

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stille

1. inflection of stillen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

stille

1. inflection of still:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

stille f

1. plural of stilla

• stelli

From Old English stille, from Proto-West Germanic *stillī.

• stil, stile

stille

1. silent, noiseless

• English: still

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

From Old English stille.

• stile, stil, stel, stele

stille

1. silently, noiselessly

• English: still

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

From stille (adj).

stille (uncountable)

1. (rare) calm (after a storm)

• English: still
• Yola: sthill

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

From Old Norse stilla, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan.

stille (indeclinable)

1. silent
2. still
3. quiet

From Old Norse stilla and Middle Low German stellen.

stille (imperative still, present tense stiller, passive stilles, simple past stilte, past participle stilt, present participle stillende)

1. to set
2. to ask (a question)

From Old Norse stilla.

stille (imperative still, present tense stiller, simple past stillet or stilte, past participle stillet or stilt, present participle stillende)

1. (transitive, archaic, medicine) to calm; to still

   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 context stanse would still be a preferred term.

• smertestillende

• “stille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²stɪlːə/

From the adjective still.

stille f (definite singular stilla, indefinite plural stiller, definite plural stillene)

1. quiet

   Eg likar stilla her på bygda.

   I like the quiet here in the countryside.

From Norwegian Bokmål stille, probably from Middle Low German.

• still

stille

1. still (not moving)

   Han stod heilt stille.

   He stood totally still.

2. quiet, silent.

   Han laga ikkje ein lyd. Han var heilt stille.

   He did not make a sound. He was totally quiet.

3. definite of still
4. plural of still

• stillferdig
• svartstill

stille (present tense stiller, past tense stilte, past participle stilt, passive infinitive stillast, present participle stillande, imperative still)

1. Alternative form of stilla

• forstille
• innstille

• “stille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-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, the still men sit bowing in dwellings.

2. quiet
3. calm

• stilnes

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