Storthing (storting)

[ Icel. störr = AS. stor, > E. stoor ), great, + thing = Sw. ting = Icel. thing, a embly, meeting, = AS. thing: see thing2.] The national parliament of Norway. It is composed of 114 members, who are chosen by indirect election. The Storthing is convened every year, and divides itself into an upper house (Lagthing) and a lower house (Odelsthing). The former is composed of one fourth, and the latter of three fourths of the members. See Lagthing and Odelsthing. [ storvent. Preterit plural and past participle of Middle English sterven, die. See starve. story1 (stō'ri), n.; pl. stories (-riz). [ Howell, Vocall For rest, Pref. She was well versed in the Greek and Roman story , and was not unskilled in that of France and England. Swift , Death of Stella. There's themes enough in Caledonian story Would show the tragic muse in a' her glory. Burns , Prologue for Mr. Sutherland's Benefit. IMG:content-2222.png:[blocks in formation] chronicle, annals.-2. Anecdote, Story. See anecdote. =Syn. 1. Relation, Narration, etc. (see account ); record, 3. Tale, fiction, fable, tradition, legend.-4. Memoir, life, biography. story1 (stō'ri), v.; pret. and pp. storied, ppr. storying. [ trans. 1. To tell or describe in historical relation; make the subject of a narrative, tale, or legend; relate. Pigmies (those diminutive people, or sort of apes or Evelyn, True Religion, I. 261. stound 2t. A historian; a chronicler. Rathumus the story writer, and Semellius the scribe,... 1 Esd. ii. 17. and the judges.