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Lefse vs Leese - What's the difference?

lefse | leese |

As a noun lefse

is a traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made from potato, flour, and milk or cream (or sometimes lard) and cooked on a griddle.

As a verb leese is

to lose.

lefse

English

(wikipedia lefse)

Noun

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  • A traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made from potato, flour, and milk or cream (or sometimes lard) and cooked on a griddle.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 20, author=Monica Davey, title=For Children of Norway, a Rift With the Mother Country, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=We treasure the heritage more here than they do in Norway itself, said Audrey Amundson of Starbuck, Minn., which sealed its place in history in 1983 by cooking what residents insist was the world's biggest lefse , a Norwegian flatbread made of potatoes, cream and flour. }}

    leese

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) (only attested in compounds), from Germanic.

    Verb

    (lees)
  • (obsolete) To lose.
  • * Lord Burleigh
    • They would rather leese their friend than their jest.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Verb

    (lees)
  • (obsolete) To release, set free.
  • (obsolete) To loosen, unfasten.