Althingn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːlθɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɔlˌθɪŋ/,

/ˈɑlˌθɪŋ/

Forms:

α. 1700s– Alting, 1800s– Allting.

β. 1800s– Allthing, 1800s– Althing.

γ. 1800s– Althingi.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. A borrowing from Icelandic. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from Danish. Or also partly a borrowing from Swedish. Etymons: Icelandic alþingi; Danish alting; Swedish allting.

Etymology: < Icelandic alþingi (Old Icelandic alþingi , alþing ) < al- , all- , combining form of allr all, whole (see all adj.) + þing assembly (see thing n.¹). Compare (with reference to the parliament of Iceland) Old Norwegian alþingi , alþing (Norwegian allting ), Swedish allting (1697), Danish alting (1729). Compare also (with local reference) Old Norwegian alþingi general assembly, Old Gutnish -alþing (in gutnalþing general assembly of the inhabitants of Gotland). Compare Thing n.² Compare also Storting n., lawting n., and Tynwald n.In α. forms apparently via Danish alting or Swedish allting.

The parliament of Iceland.The Althing was founded in 930 at Þingvellir (about 25 miles east of Reykjavik), and is the oldest extant parliament in the world. It was originally composed of chieftains of the Icelandic commonwealth who met periodically for the purpose of law-making. In 1845 it was moved to Reykjavik, and is now an elected unicameral assembly.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in Iceland

Althing1770

1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. viii. 178 The States General of the whole island [of Iceland] (Alting) [Fr. Les Etats généraux de l'Islande, (Al-ting)], which answered to the Als-heriar-ting of the other Scandinavian nations.

1848 Times 7 Feb. 5/1 By this constitution of the States nothing is to be changed..in the organization of the Althing of our island of Iceland.

1874 R. Cleasby & G. Vigfusson Icelandic-Eng. Dict. (new ed.) at Godi About the year AD 930 the Althingi was erected, where all the petty sovereign chiefs (Godar) entered into a kind of league.

1922 Statesman's Year-bk. 833 The ministers are responsible for their acts. They can be impeached by the Althingi.

1930 Geog. Jrnl. 75 243 The celebrations commemorating the millenary of the Althing will attract an unusual number of visitors to Iceland.

2011 Times (Nexis) 26 Feb. (Business section) 50 The Althing..approved the deal last week.

Compounds

Althingman n. [compare Old Norwegian alþingismaðr participant in a general assembly (13th cent. in an apparently isolated attestation with reference to Norway)] a member of this assembly.

ΘΚΠ

Althingman1861

1861 Brit. Friend 19 233/1 This morning Eric Magnussen..kindly called, bringing with him the appointment of the Althing Men for four o'clock to–day.

1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland Introd. 35 The interests of the people are invested in Althingmen.

2003 S. May O. Eliasson: Weather Project 33/2 lceland, whose Parliament..is called the Althing and its members Althingmen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	althing
释义	Althingn. Brit. /ˈɔːlθɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔlˌθɪŋ/, /ˈɑlˌθɪŋ/ Forms: α. 1700s– Alting, 1800s– Allting. β. 1800s– Allthing, 1800s– Althing. γ. 1800s– Althingi. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. A borrowing from Icelandic. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from Danish. Or also partly a borrowing from Swedish. Etymons: Icelandic alþingi; Danish alting; Swedish allting. Etymology: < Icelandic alþingi (Old Icelandic alþingi , alþing ) < al- , all- , combining form of allr all, whole (see all adj.) + þing assembly (see thing n.¹). Compare (with reference to the parliament of Iceland) Old Norwegian alþingi , alþing (Norwegian allting ), Swedish allting (1697), Danish alting (1729). Compare also (with local reference) Old Norwegian alþingi general assembly, Old Gutnish -alþing (in gutnalþing general assembly of the inhabitants of Gotland). Compare Thing n.² Compare also Storting n., lawting n., and Tynwald n.In α. forms apparently via Danish alting or Swedish allting. The parliament of Iceland.The Althing was founded in 930 at Þingvellir (about 25 miles east of Reykjavik), and is the oldest extant parliament in the world. It was originally composed of chieftains of the Icelandic commonwealth who met periodically for the purpose of law-making. In 1845 it was moved to Reykjavik, and is now an elected unicameral assembly. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in Iceland Althing1770 1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. viii. 178 The States General of the whole island [of Iceland] (Alting) [Fr. Les Etats généraux de l'Islande, (Al-ting)], which answered to the Als-heriar-ting of the other Scandinavian nations. 1848 Times 7 Feb. 5/1 By this constitution of the States nothing is to be changed..in the organization of the Althing of our island of Iceland. 1874 R. Cleasby & G. Vigfusson Icelandic-Eng. Dict. (new ed.) at Godi About the year AD 930 the Althingi was erected, where all the petty sovereign chiefs (Godar) entered into a kind of league. 1922 Statesman's Year-bk. 833 The ministers are responsible for their acts. They can be impeached by the Althingi. 1930 Geog. Jrnl. 75 243 The celebrations commemorating the millenary of the Althing will attract an unusual number of visitors to Iceland. 2011 Times (Nexis) 26 Feb. (Business section) 50 The Althing..approved the deal last week. Compounds Althingman n. [compare Old Norwegian alþingismaðr participant in a general assembly (13th cent. in an apparently isolated attestation with reference to Norway)] a member of this assembly. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in Iceland > member of Althingman1861 1861 Brit. Friend 19 233/1 This morning Eric Magnussen..kindly called, bringing with him the appointment of the Althing Men for four o'clock to–day. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland Introd. 35 The interests of the people are invested in Althingmen. 2003 S. May O. Eliasson: Weather Project 33/2 lceland, whose Parliament..is called the Althing and its members Althingmen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1770
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