Odelsting

American

[ohd-ls-ting] / ˈoʊd lsˌtɪŋ /

Or Odelsthing

noun

Storting

Odelsting British

/ ˈəʊdəlsˌtɪŋ /

noun

the lower chamber of the Norwegian parliament See also Lagting Storting

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Etymology

Origin of Odelsting

< Norwegian, modern formation from odel ( Old Norse ōthal ) allodial rights + -s 's ¹ + ting ( Old Norse thing ) thing ²

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Odelsting

Mr. Johan Castberg, President of the Norwegian Odelsting, and the celebrated explorer, Dr. Nansen, write for Norway, and the Germans have a spokesman in Professor Lujo Brentano, of Munich.

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