(a) A spiritual being; angel, devil, spirit; godes ~, one of God's angels; (b) the Holy Ghost; godes ~ [see also Holi ~]; (c) the evil spirit possessing a lunatic; (d) a familiar spirit, demon; (e) a villain, scoundrel; a devil incarnate; a wicked-looking creature; leued ~, an ignorant rascal.

(a) The soul of a dead person; also, the spirit of Christ descending into hell; (b) a damned soul, whether in hell or returned to earth; also fig. an emaciated or tortured person; (c) a dead body.

(a) The soul of man, spiritual nature; the soul as distinguished from mind, the emotional nature; the life principle in man; ~ and soule, spirit and ~; bodi with ~, ~ and lichame; ~ and living, lif and ~, liviende ~; (b) singen mid ~, to sing with the spirit, sing from the heart; bidden (loven, sen, speken) in ~, to pray (love, see, speak) spiritually; in bodi or in ~, in ~ other in dede, physically or spiritually; in ~ as in bodi; povre in ~, poor in spirit; gilti (glad, greved, humble) in ~; (c) ayeven ~, bileven ~, yeven (up) ~, to give up (one's) ghost, die; yelden (up) the ~, yeven (up) the ~, passen the ~, to give up the ghost, die; (d) ayeven ~, bitechen ~, yeven ~, to surrender (one's) soul (to God, to Christ, into God's hands); yelden the ~, yield one's soul (to God, Jesus); (e) the life of man or animal; ~ of lif.

A spiritual force or insight, a gift of prophecy; godes ~, ~ of god, the spirit of God, a spiritual gift from God; holi ~, a holy spirit or gift; ~ of strengthe, ~ of wit, wisdomes ~, etc.; devles ~, a spirit or a frame of mind bestowed by the Devil.

A breathing, blowing, wind; ~ of godes mouth, God's breath; ~ of stormes (tempestes), the blowing of storms; also fig.

Cpd. ~ wind, a spiritual wind; -- used fig.