Undset

American  

[oon-set] / ˈʊn sɛt /

noun

1. Sigrid 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel Prize 1928.

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Undset British  

/ ˈunsɛt /

noun

1. Sigrid (ˈsiɡri). 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist, best known for her trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter (1920–22): Nobel prize for literature 1928

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Example Sentences

“Kristin Lavransdatter,” by Sigrid Undset; translated from the Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2017

Undset was an obsessive researcher, and her 14th-century Norway has texture down to the dirt of the smithy floor.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2017

These days, Undset encomia are a staple on Catholic-interest websites, and certain corners of literary Twitter flog the series relentlessly.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2017

Sombre Norwegian story of a young sailor's wife whose son becomes a psychopathic case; a first novel recommended to U. S. readers by Nobel Prize-winner Sigrid Undset.

From Time Magazine Archive

Drawn with reference to the vessel found at Sandefjord in 1880, under the superintendence of Ingvald Undset, Assistant at the Christiania University's collection of Northern antiquities.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882