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 (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

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stillir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive