"Walthall" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Walthalls [plural]
Etymology: * As an English surname, from obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle." Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse equivalent Valthiófr, from vald + *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ). * As a Scottish surname, variant of Waldie. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|weald||power}} Old English weald (“power”), {{m|ang|þēof||thief}} þēof (“thief”), {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{m|non|Valthiófr}} Valthiófr, {{m|non|vald}} vald, {{m|gmq-pro|*ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ}} *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ), {{m|en|Waldie}} Waldie Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Walthalls}} Walthall (countable and uncountable, plural Walthalls)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Walthall-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A village, the county seat of Webster County, Mississippi, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Mississippi, USA, Places in the United States, Villages in Mississippi, USA, Villages in the United States
    Sense id: en-Walthall-en-name-aQ90kt83 Categories (other): County seats of Mississippi, USA, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Walthall County

Inflected forms

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