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Swedish
Noun
ång c
- (obsolete) breath, exhalation, vapor, halitus, spiritus
- Synonyms: andedräkt, andetag
1658, Georg Stiernhielm, Hercules, page 8:Hwad är ock lucht/ och smak/ där hwarken är ång/ eller anda?- What is also smell/ and taste/ where neither is spiritus/ nor breath?
See also
- anda (“spirit; breath”)
- ande (“spirit; ghost”)
- ånga (“steam”) (which turns into ång in many compounds)
References
- Georg Stiernhielm (1658) “Vt-tydning opå någre gamble och ſälſynt brukade Ord effter ABC.”, in Hercules (in Swedish), page 42: “Ång/ vapor, halitus, ſpiritus.”