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wapentake

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wap·en·take  (wpn-tk, wp-)
n.
A historical subdivision of some northern counties in England, corresponding roughly to the hundred in other shires.
[Middle English, from Old English wæpengetæc (translation of Old Norse vpnatak, act of taking weapons to indicate assent in an assembly) : wæpen, weapon + -getæc, act of taking (from tacan, to take; see take).]


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