1894 Brewer’s / W / Waldo
a copse between Lavʹant and Goodwood (Sussex). Same as weald. wold, wald, walt, “a wood.” (Anglo-Saxon.) The final o is about equivalent to “the,” as hælo, the whole, i.e. health; mænegeo, the many—i.e. multitude, etc.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.