wap|en|take

wap|en|take
wap|en|take «WOP uhn tayk, WAP-», noun.
(formerly, in certain northern and midland counties in England) a division of the county corresponding to the hundred of other counties.
[Old English wæc, apparently (originally) the local assembly < Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic vāpnatak (literally) taking of weapons)]

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