Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - wapentake
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Wapentake
wapentake
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English w?pent?c, from Old Norse vapnatak act of grasping weapons, from vapn weapon + tak act of grasping, from taka to take; probably from the brandishing of weapons as an expression of approval when the chief of the ~ entered upon his office — more at weapon, take Date: before 12th century a subdivision of some English shires corresponding to a hundred
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n. Brit. hist. (in areas of England with a large Danish population) a division of a shire; a hundred. Etymology: OE w{aelig}pen(ge)t{aelig}c f. ON v{aacute}pnatak f. v{aacute}pn weapon + tak taking f. taka TAKE: perh. with ref. to voting in assembly by show of weapons ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- O.E. wжpengetжc, from O.N. vapnatak, from vapna, gen. pl. of vapn "weapon" + tak "touching," from taka "to take, grasp." The most likely etymology is that it was originally an armed muster with inspection of weapons. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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