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noun
An administrative subdivision in northern English counties, developed under Norse influence, and corresponding to hundreds in the rest of England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Middle English wapentake, wepentake, wapentache, wapentac, from Old English wǣpenġetæc, from Old Norse vápnatak, from vápn (“weapon”) + taka (“take”), equivalent to weapon + take.
