Also storting. [Norw. storting, formerly -thing, f. stor great + ting, thing assembly (see THING sb.2); cf. ON. stórþing œcumenical council.] The Norwegian parliament.
1834. S. Laing, Jrnl. Resid. Norway (1836), 115. The Parliament, or Storthing, is elected and assembled once in three years, and sits for three months, or until the business is dispatched.
1840. R. G. Latham, Norway & Norwegians, II. 86. The thus elected Representatives shall constitute the Storting of the Kingdom of Norway.
1893. Nation (N. Y.), 21 Aug., 153/3. If a bill is passed unchanged by three successive Storthings, it becomes law without the royal sanction.
