stillir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stillir. Equivalent to stilla +‎ -ir.

Noun

stillir m (genitive singular stillis, nominative plural stillar)

1. regulator

Declension

declension of stillir

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stillir	stillirinn	stillar	stillarnir
accusative	stilli	stillinn	stilla	stillana
dative	stilli	stillinum	stillum	stillunum
genitive	stillis	stillisins	stilla	stillanna

Derived terms

• hitastillir (“thermostat”)

Further reading

• “stillir” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ᛌᛐᛁᛚᛁᛧ (stiliʀ) — Rök runestone

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛊᛏᛁᛚᛁᛃᚨᛉ (*stilijaʀ /⁠stillijaʀ⁠/), equivalent to stilla (“calm, still”) +‎ -ir.

Noun

stillir m (genitive stillis)

1. (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)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stillir	stillirinn	stillar	stillarnir
accusative	stilli	stillinn	stilla	stillana
dative	stilli	stillinum	stillum	stillunum
genitive	stillis	stillisins	stilla	stillanna

References

• “stillir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press