wapentake
English
/ˈwɒp.ən.teɪk/
noun
Definitions
- An administrative subdivision in northern English counties, developed under Norse influence, and corresponding to hundreds in the rest of England.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wapentake inherited from Old English wǣpenġetæc derived from Old Norse vápnatak affix from English weapon + English take.
Origin
English
take
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiweapon English
- betake English
- beweapon English
- bioweapon English
- caretake English
- cyberweapon English
- disweapon English
- entertake English
- foretake English
- fortake English
- intake English
- megaweapon English
- microweapon English
- mistake English
- multiweapon English
- nanoweapon English
- neuroweapon English
- nonweapon English
- offtake English
- ontake English
- outtake English
- overtake English
- retake English
- stocktake English
- subweapon English
- superweapon English
- take English
- takeable English
- takeaway English
- takeover English
- taker English
- takest English
- twoweapon English
- undertake English
- uptake English
- wapentakal English
- weapon English
- weaponed English
- weaponeer English
- weaponise English
- weaponism English
- weaponist English
- weaponization English
- weaponize English
- weaponless English
- weaponlike English
- weaponous English
- weaponry English
- weaponsmith English
- weaponsmithing English
- withtake English
- wonderweapon English
- wrongtake English
- teikata Finnish
- wæpengetæc Old English
- wǣpenġetæc Old English
- taken Middle English
- wapentake Middle English
- wepen Middle English
- vápnatak Old Norse
- teki Sranan Tongo
- tek Jamaican Creole
- take
- taker
- intake
- retake
- uptake
- takest
- weapon
- ontake
- betake
- offtake
- fortake
- outtake
- mistake
- overtake
- takeable
- caretake
- weaponry
- takeaway
- withtake
- weaponed
- takeover
- beweapon
- foretake
- entertake
- weaponism
- stocktake
- weaponeer
- nonweapon
- undertake
- subweapon
- twoweapon
- weaponous
- weaponise
- weaponize
- weaponist
- bioweapon
- wrongtake
- disweapon
- megaweapon
- weaponless
- nanoweapon
- wapentakal
- antiweapon
- weaponlike
- multiweapon
- cyberweapon
- weaponsmith
- neuroweapon
- superweapon
- microweapon
- wonderweapon
- weaponization
- weaponsmithing