See lefse on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Norse *leifsa (“flatbread”), probably an s-derivative of hleifr (“loaf, bread”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“loaf, bread”); compare leiv (“rolled-out piece of flatbread or lefse; thick slice of bread”).\nCompare Norwegian Nynorsk lefse, Swedish dialectal läfsa and Shetlandic lefsi (“lefse”). The base hleifr is cognate with English loaf.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lefsa",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lefsen",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lefser",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lefsene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "lefsa",
"3": "lefser",
"4": "lefsene",
"ds2": "lefsen",
"g2": "m"
},
"expansion": "lefse f or m (definite singular lefsa or lefsen, indefinite plural lefser, definite plural lefsene)",
"name": "nb-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"lef",
"se"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples",
"nb:Cooking"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "At Christmas, lefse is served with brawn.",
"text": "Til jul er det lefse med sylte.",
"translation": "At Christmas, lefse is served with brawn.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "neither the child's mother nor anyone else was to be allowed to turn the melons into lefses",
"ref": "1997, Morten Jørgensen, Kongen av København, page 265:",
"text": "verken barnets mor eller noen andre skulle få lage lefser av melonene",
"translation": "neither the child's mother nor anyone else was to be allowed to turn the melons into lefses",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "blood streams from a deep cut in the forehead where the front part of the brain appears like a narrow lefse",
"ref": "2001, Lars Saabye Christensen, Halvbroren, page 259:",
"text": "blodet siler fra et dypt kutt i pannen hvor forreste delen av hjernen kommer til syne som en smal lefse",
"translation": "blood streams from a deep cut in the forehead where the front part of the brain appears like a narrow lefse",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "lefse with gomme that melted on the tongue",
"ref": "2006, Toril Brekke, Drømmen om Amerika, page 67:",
"text": "lefse med gomme som smeltet på tungen",
"translation": "lefse with gomme that melted on the tongue",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"lefse; a soft, unleavened Norwegian flatbread, often spread with butter and sugar or served with savoury food"
],
"links": [
[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"lefse",
"#English"
],
[
"flatbread",
"flatbread"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cooking) lefse; a soft, unleavened Norwegian flatbread, often spread with butter and sugar or served with savoury food"
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The book has become a tattered mess.",
"text": "Boka er blitt en lefse.",
"translation": "The book has become a tattered mess.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "he came towards me, weighed down with a stack of folders and leaflets, after pulling out one bulky sheaf after another",
"ref": "2005, Thure Erik Lund, Uranophilia, page 65:",
"text": "han kom mot meg, nedlessa med en stabel med mapper og foldere, etter å ha dratt fram den ene lefsa etter den andre",
"translation": "he came towards me, weighed down with a stack of folders and leaflets, after pulling out one bulky sheaf after another",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "after a while, Synne pulled out a thick, bound bundle of documents",
"ref": "2010, Chris Tvedt, Dødens sirkel:",
"text": "etter en stund trakk Synne frem en tjukk, innbundet lefse med dokumenter",
"translation": "after a while, Synne pulled out a thick, bound bundle of documents",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a thick, loose, worn, or untidy book, booklet, or stack of papers"
],
"links": [
[
"book",
"book"
],
[
"booklet",
"booklet"
],
[
"stack",
"stack"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) a thick, loose, worn, or untidy book, booklet, or stack of papers"
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"figuratively",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/²lɛf.sə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɛ̂f.sə̌]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛfsə"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:Lefse,no:Lefse"
],
"word": "lefse"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "anislefse"
},
{
"word": "Hardangerlefse"
},
{
"word": "møsbrømlefse"
},
{
"word": "nordlandslefse"
},
{
"word": "potetlefse"
},
{
"word": "tjukklefse"
},
{
"word": "tykklefse"
},
{
"word": "tynnlefse"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "lefsa"
}
],
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "lefse"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "lefsa"
}
],
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "levse"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*leifsa",
"Reconstruction:Old Norse/leifsa"
],
[
"leifr",
"hleifr#Old_Norse"
],
[
"lefsi",
"lefsi#Scots"
],
[
"läfsa",
"läfsa#Swedish"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "*leifsa"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse *leifsa",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "hleifr",
"4": "leifr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse leifr",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hleifr"
},
"expansion": "(hleifr)",
"name": "q"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Swedish",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse *leifsa, an s-derivative of Old Norse leifr (hleifr). Cognate with Shetlandic lefsi and Swedish dialectal läfsa.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lefsa",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lefser",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lefsene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lefsa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "Levse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "Løbbse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "løpsa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lepse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "løfse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "læms",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "læmse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lefse f (definite singular lefsa, indefinite plural lefser, definite plural lefsene)",
"name": "nn-noun-f2"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
"Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"lefse"
],
"links": [
[
"lefse",
"lefse#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kling"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "lefse"
}
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