the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting), comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting), comprising the rest
Also: Storthing
Word origin
[1825–35; ‹ Norw, equiv. to stor great + ting assembly, court; c. thing2]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, cross section, panda, relativity, torque