‖ fladbrod, -bröd
(ˈflatbr{obar}ː, ˈflɑːbr{obar}ː)
[Da. (Norw.) fladbröd, mod.Norw. flatbröd, lit. flat bread.]
A type of thin unleavened bread eaten in Norway.
| 1799 Malthus Jrnl. 12 June (1966) 60 The Norwegians who are used to the flad brod made of oatmeal always find the rye bread disagree with them. 1881 P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midnight Sun I. 394 Fladbrōd is made from an unfermented dough of barley and oat-meal, often mixed with pea-flour. 1903 B. Harraden Kath. Frensham ii. v. 144 To-morrow Mette makes Fladbröd. 1963 ‘G. Carr’ Lewker in Norway iv. 82 Two packets of the thin but nourishing Norwegian biscuit-bread called fladbrod. |