different between lefse vs leese

English

Etymology

Norwegian

Noun

lefse (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• feels, flees, selfe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?z/

Etymology 1

From Middle English lesen, from Old English *l?osan (only attested in compounds: bel?osan, forl?osan, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *leusan? (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”).

Verb

leese (third-person singular simple present leeses, present participle leesing, simple past lore or leesed, past participle lorn or leesed)

1. (obsolete) To lose.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 5:

     But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet,

     Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.

   • a. 1598, William Cecil, Advice to his son

     They would rather leese their friend than their jest.

Related terms

• forlese

Etymology 2

From Middle English lesen, from Old English l?san, l?esan (“to let loose; release”), from Proto-Germanic *lausijan?. Cognate with Dutch lozen, German lösen, Swedish lösa.

Verb

leese (third-person singular simple present leeses, present participle leesing, simple past and past participle leesed)

1. (obsolete) To release, set free.
2. (obsolete) To loosen, unfasten.

Etymology 3

Compare French léser, Latin laesus.

Verb

leese

1. (obsolete, transitive) To hurt.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)