archaic sub-division of certain counties
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• (n.) In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.
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an administrative division of the English counties of York, Lincoln, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, and Rutland, first clearly referred to in 962/963 ... [1 related articles]
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A former division of a Yorkshire Riding; the equivalent of a southern 'hundred'.
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Subdivision of a county in the
Danelaw, corresponding to the
hundred in counties outside the Danelaw. ...
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This is a sub-division of land, usually used in the Yorkshire region that the Viking kings, (such as Eric Bloodaxe), took over. It is a Scandinavian word meaning a 'weapon-taking'. There was a wapentake based around Sadberge, in the south of County Durham. Such a divison of land had its own courts. The Sadberge example was bought by the Bishops of...
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In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds. ... Alternative forms: wapentac. ... Origin: AS. Wpengec, wpentac, from Icel. Vapnatak, literally, a weapon taking or weapon touching, hence an expr...
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equivalent in Yorkshire of the *hundred
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Wap'en·take noun [ Anglo-Saxon
w...penge......c ,
w...pentāc , from Icelandic
vāpnatāk , literally, a weapon taking or weapon touching, hence an expression of assent ('si displicuit sententia fremitu aspernantur; sin placuit frameas concutiunt.'
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the equivalent of the HUNDRED in parts of the DANELAW.
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a subdivision of a county used in Yorkshire and other areas of strong Danish influence. It is similar to hundred or a ward. It was used in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland.
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