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äö

[ nek-uh-brood, -bred, knek-; Swedish knek-uh-brd ]

noun

  1. flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of äö1

< Swedish, equivalent to ä to break + ö bread
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My fave: salmon, pickled red onions and gravlax mustard on woody Swedish knackebrod.

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The Swedes, disconsolate, nibbled brown beans, salt herring, oatmeal and knackebrod which they had carried all the way from Stockholm.

All these slow arrangements and avoidances of committal to any announcement of fact, constantly reminded us of Scotland—indeed, it is quite remarkable how closely a Finn and a Highlander resemble each other in appearance, in stolid worth, and dogged deliberation; how they eat porridge or gröt, oatcake or äö, and have many other strange little peculiarities of manner and diet in common.

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Bea, the chubby and humming Bea, impartially gave cookies and scoldings to both children, and if Carol refused a cup of coffee and a wafer of buttered knackebrod, she was desolated.

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