Definitions for wapentake
ˈwɒp ənˌteɪk, ˈwæp-wapen·take

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wapentakenoun

   An administrative subdivision in northern English counties, developed under Norse influence, and corresponding to hundreds in the rest of England.

2. Etymology: wæpengetæc, from vápnatak, from vápn + taka.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wapentakenoun

   Wapentake is all one with what we call a hundred: as upon a meeting for that purpose, they touched each other’s weapons, in token of their fidelity and allegiance. John Cowell

   Etymology: from wœpun , Saxon, and take, wapentakium, wapentagium, low Latin.

   Hundred signifieth a hundred pledges, which were under the command and assurance of their alderman; which, as I suppose, was also called a wapentake, so named, of touching the weapon or spear of their alderman, and swearing to follow him faithfully, and serve their prince truly. But others think, that a wapentake was ten hundreds, or boroughs. Edmund Spenser.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wapentake

   A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, Curonia, the Ukrainian state of the Cossack Hetmanate and in Cumberland County in the British Colony of New South Wales. It is still used in other places, including in Australia (in South Australia and the Northern Territory). Other terms for the hundred in English and other languages include wapentake, herred (Danish and Bokmål Norwegian), herad (Nynorsk Norwegian), hérað (Icelandic), härad or hundare (Swedish), Harde (German), hiird (North Frisian), satakunta or kihlakunta (Finnish), kihelkond (Estonian), kiligunda (Livonian), cantref (Welsh) and sotnia (Slavic). In Ireland, a similar subdivision of counties is referred to as a barony, and a hundred is a subdivision of a particularly large townland (most townlands are not divided into hundreds).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wapentakenoun

   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

2. Etymology: [AS. wpengec, wpentc, from Icel. vpnatk, literally, a weapon taking or weapon touching, hence an expression of assent (si displicuit sententia fremitu aspernantur; sin placuit frameas concutiunt. Tacitus, Germania, xi.). See Weapon, and Take. This name had its origin in a custom of touching lances or spears when the hundreder, or chief, entered on his office. Cum quis accipiebat praefecturam wapentachii, die statuto in loco ubi consueverant congregari, omnes majores natu contra eum conveniebant, et descendente eo de equo suo, omnes assurgebant ei. Ipse vero, erecta lancea sua, ab omnibus secundum morem fdus accipiebat; omnes enim quot-quot venissent cum lanceis suis ipsius hastam tangebant, et ita se confirmabant per contactum armorum, pace palam concessa. Waepnu enim arma sonat; tac, tactus est -- hac de causa totus ille conventus dicitur Wapentac, eo quod per tactum armorum suorum ad invicem confderati sunt. L L. Edward Confessor, 33. D. Wilkins.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wapentake

   wap′n-tāk, n. a name given in Yorkshire to the territorial divisions of the county, similar to the hundreds of southern counties and the wards of more northern counties, so called from the inhabitants being formerly taught the use of arms. [A.S. wæpen-getæc, lit. 'weapon-taking.']

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wapentake

   Expresses the Saxon for “a touching of arms.” This territorial division, which obtained in Yorkshire in the time of the Anglo-Saxons, and corresponded to the “Hundred” elsewhere, received its name from the periodical meeting of the champions of each hundred to touch spears and swear to defend the common cause.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wapentake in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wapentake in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wapentake
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wapentake
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapentake
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wapentake
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=wapentake
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=wapentake