Lagerlöf

[ lah-guh r-lœf ]
/ ˈlɑ gərˌlœf /

noun

Sel·ma (Ot·ti·li·a·na Lo·vi·sa) [sel-mah awt-ti-lee-ah-nah loo-vi-sah] /ˈsɛl mɑ ˌɔt tɪ liˈɑ nɑ ˈlu vɪˌsɑ/,1858–1940, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1909.

Example sentences from the Web for lagerlof

  • Miss Lagerlof interested me extremely, and I was delighted by an invitation to breakfast with her one morning.

    The Story of a Pioneer |Anna Howard Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for lagerlof

Lagerlöf
/ (Swedish ˈlɑːɡərløːv) /

noun

Selma (ˈsɛlma). 1858–1940, Swedish novelist, noted esp for her children's classic The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906–07): Nobel prize for literature 1909