• Anglo-Saxon hundred Roslagen Tiundaland Old English wǣpen(ge)tæc, from Old Norse vápnatak, from vápn 'weapon' + taka 'take', perhaps with reference to voting in...
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    Yorkshire was revived as a unitary authority in 1996. From the Old Norse vápnatak an administrative sub division of the Ridings in Yorkshire. The term is...
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  • wand vondr (="rod") want vanta (="to lack") wapentake From Old Norse vapnatak wassail From Old Norse vas heill (="be healthy") weak veikr (="weak, pliant")...
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    Pickering Lythe to the south. The name wapentake derives from the Old Norse of vápnatak, which means "a vote of consent expressed by waving or brandishing weapons"...
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    the jurisdiction of the wapentake (Old English: wǣpen(ge)tæc; Old Norse: vápnatak), an area of local administration unique to Anglo-Scandinavian Britain...
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