[ON. al-þing whole assembly.] (See quot.)
1875. Stubbs, Const. Hist., I. iii. 57. The general assembly of the island [Iceland] was called the Althing.
Comb. althing-man: a member of the Icelandic parliament.
1863. Baring-Gould, Iceland, Introd. 35. The interests of the people are invested in Althingmen.
