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(sind, mods legeme; også: stor personlighed) mind ( fx body and mind; the triumph of mind over matter; he was one of the greatest minds of his time); spirit ( fx the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak);

(overnaturligt væsen) spirit, genie ( fx the Spirit (el. Genie) of the Lamp (, of the Ring));

(spøgelse) ghost ( fx Hamlet's father's ghost), spirit;

(tænkemåde) spirit ( fx the spirit of the 18th century);

(åndelig kraft, indre princip) genius ( fx men of genius; the genius of the language);

(i hær etc) morale;

(tone, retning) spirit ( fx we accept the spirit as well as the letter of the treaty), drift ( fx the drift of what he said),

F tenor;

[når ånden kommer over ham] when the spirit moves him;

[opgive ånden] give up the ghost;

[åndens verden] the spiritual world;

[ med adj:]

[beslægtede ånder] kindred souls (el. spirits), congenial spirits;

[de dødes ånder] the spirits of the dead;

[hans gode (, onde) ånd] his good (, evil) genius;

[en ond ånd] an evil spirit;

[den store ånd]

(indianernes gud) the Great Spirit;

[tjenende ånd]

(spøg.: tjener etc) menial,

(troldmands) familiar;

[ med i:]

[i ånden] in spirit;

[forstå noget i den ånd det er skrevet] understand something in the spirit in which it was written;

[optage det i den rette ånd] take it in the right spirit;

[ganske i X.s ånd] quite in the spirit of X.;

[i ånd og sandhed] in spirit and in truth;

[jeg ser ham i ånden] I see him in my mind's eye.