What's the meaning of "mind" in this sentence?
Our little hero had some difficulty in lifting the burden upon his back; but he at last succeeded in getting it placed to his mind.

This is from a English fairy tale. What's the meaning of "mind" in this sentence? I think he can't place a burden to his mind because mind is sprite.

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What's the meaning of "mind" in this sentence?
Our little hero had some difficulty in lifting the burden upon his back; but he at last succeeded in getting it placed to his mind.

This is from a English fairy tale. What's the meaning of "mind" in this sentence? I think he can't place a burden to his mind because mind is sprite.

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His preference or liking:

But in older English one's mind often meant one's wish, liking, disposition (in fact we still use it in that sense in I have I mind to do such-and-such), especially in colloquial and dialect use

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