lefsa

lefsa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of lefse
   • 1988 October 7, John Kennedy, “"Here is the place!"”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     I remember those long minutes, sitting between some Olsons and Hansons, and fixing my mind on the only thing I'd come for: a thin slice of tender Swedish lefsa bread, generously buttered and rolled tight with brown sugar into a soft cylinder of Nordic indulgence.

• A.S.L.E.F., FALSE, Leafs, alefs, false, fasel, feals, fleas, leafs

From Norwegian lefse, likely via Danish. Possibly related to hleifur (“loaf”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛfsa/
• Rhymes: -ɛfsa

lefsa f (genitive singular lefsu, nominative plural lefsur)

1. flatbread, tortilla