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al-þingi,
n.
[þing],
mod.
form
albing,
by
dropping
the
inflective
i;
the
gen.,
however,
still
remains
unchanged,
alþingis.
The
parliament
or
general
assembly
of
the
Icel.
Commonwealth,
invested
with
the
supreme
legislative
and
judicial
power,
consisting
of
the
legislative
lögrétta
(q.
v.),
and
the
courts,
v.
dómr,
fimtardómr,
fjórðungsdómar;
v.
also
goði,
goðorð,
lügsögumaðr,
lögsaga,
lögberg,
and
many
other
words
referring
to
the
constitution
and
functions
of
the
alþingi.
It
was
founded
by
Ulfljot
about
A.
D.
930,
Ib.
ch.
3;
and
reformed
by
Thord
Gellir
A.
D.
964,
who
instituted
the
courts
and
carried
out
the
political
divisions
of
Icel.
into
goðorð,
fjórðungar,
and
þing,
ch.
5.
In
the
years
1272
and
1281
the
alþing,
to
some
extent,
changed
its
old
forms,
in
order
to
comply
with
the
new
state
of
things.
In
the
year
1800
it
was
abolished
altogether.
A
kind
of
parliament,
under
the
old
name
alþingi,
was
again
established
in
the
year
1843,
and
sat
at
Reykjavík.
Before
the
year
930
a
general
assembly
was
held
in
Kjalarnes,
whence
it
was
removed
under
the
name
of
alþingi
to
the
river
Öxará,
near
to
the
mountain
Ármannsfell.
The
much-debated
passage
in
Hænsaþ.
S.
ch.
14
--
en
þingit
var
þá
undir
Ármannsfelli
--
therefore
simply
means
that
the
events
referred
to
hap-
pened
after
the
removal
of
the
Kjalarnesping.
The
parliament
at
first
met
on
the
Thursday
beginning
the
tenth
week
of
the
summer,
which
fell
between
the
11th
and
the
17th
of
June;
by
a
law
of
the
year
999
its
opening
was
deferred
to
the
next
following
Thursday,
between
the
18th
and
24th
of
June,
old
style;
after
the
union
with
Norway,
or
after
A.
D.
1272
or
1281,
the
time
of
meeting
was
further
deferred
to
June
29.
July
2
(Vis.
B.
V.
M.)
is
hence
called
Þing-Maríumessa.
The
parliament
lasted
for
a
fortnight;
the
last
day
of
the
session,
called
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