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1. stillī adj.

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(a) Silent, quiet; (b) secret. …

2. stillehē̆de n.

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Silence; refusal to speak. …

3. stille n.

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(a) A calm (after a storm); (b) ?stealth. …

4. stōn-stille adj.

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(a) Perfectly silent; (b) perfectly motionless; also, fixed, stuck [1st quot.]; (c) holden then ston-stille in pes, to remain utterly in peace. …

5. stōn-stille adv.

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(a) Perfectly silently; sitten (stonden, wenden) ston-stille; (b) perfectly motionlessly; lien (sitten, stonden) ston-stille. …

6. stille adj.

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(a) Silent, noiseless, making no sound; speechless, voiceless; unable to speak, dumb; also fig.; also, disinclined to speak, taciturn; stille of noise, fallen silent, quiet; stille stounde, a silent……

7. bẹ̄er-stille n.

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One who is silent. …

8. stilðe n.

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Silence. …

9. stille-worthe adj.

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Peaceable. …

10. stille adv.

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(a) Silently, noiselessly, without a sound; without speaking; stille as ston; beren stille, refl. to bear oneself silently, keep still; (b) lien (setten, sitten, stonden) stille, to lie (sit, stand)……

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