wap·en·take 
(wŏpən-tāk′, wăp-)
(wŏpən-tāk′, wăp-)n.
A historical subdivision of some northern counties in England, corresponding roughly to the hundred in other shires.
[Middle English, from Old English wæpengetæc (translation of Old Norse vāpnatak, act of taking weapons to indicate assent in an assembly) : wæpen, weapon + -getæc, act of taking (from tacan, to take; see TAKE).]