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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse stillir. Equivalent to stilla + -ir.
Noun
stillir m (genitive singular stillis, nominative plural stillar)
- regulator
Declension
Declension of stillir (masculine)
Derived terms
Further reading
Old Norse
- ᛌᛐᛁᛚᛁᛧ (stiliʀ) — Rök runestone
Etymology
From Proto-Norse *ᛊᛏᛁᛚᛁᛃᚨᛉ (*stilijaʀ /stillijaʀ/), equivalent to stilla (“calm, still”) + -ir.
Noun
stillir m (genitive stillis)
- (poetic) moderator, king, chief
- c. 9th century, inscription on the Rök runestone
[…] ᚱᛆᛁᚦᛁᛆᚢᚱᛁᚴᛧᚽᛁᚿᚦᚢᚱᛙᚢᚦᛁᛌᛐᛁᛚᛁᛧᚠᛚᚢᛐᚿᛆᛌᛐᚱᚭᚿᛐᚢᚽᚱᛆᛁᚦᛙᛆᚱᛆᛧ […]
[…] raiþ| |þiaurikʀ hin þurmuþi stiliʀ flutna strąntu hraiþmaraʀ […]- Ręið Þjoðrikʀ · hinn þor-móði,
stilliʀ flotna, / strǫndu Hręið-maraʀ. - Theodoric rode, / the bold-minded
chief of sea-warriors, / over the shores of the Hreið-sea.
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 25:
[…] Ok umráð · at ǫlum stilli
hǫfuð heiptrǿkt · at hilmi dró. […]- And a hate-filled head / brought a plot
against the drunk ruler, / against the prince.
Declension
Declension of stillir (strong ija-stem)
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stillir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive