wapentake
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Noun — An old local government area in northern England, set up under Norse influence, equivalent to a hundred elsewhere in the country.
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Etymology
From Middle English wapentake, wepentake, wapentache, wapentac, from Old English wǣpenġetæc, from Old Norse vápnatak, made up of vápn ("weapon") and taka ("take"); equivalent to weapon plus take.
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