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Swedish

Noun

ång c

  1. (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.