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minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoGandalf is the name of a dwarf in the Norse Poetic Edda (from which Tolkien borrowed a bunch of names, mostly dwarves). He supposed – probably accurately – that it meant “wand-elf”, but he originally gave the name to Thorin.
minus-squarei_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoOh nice! That’s interesting to know!
I raise you the “Grand elf”
Gandalf is the name of a dwarf in the Norse Poetic Edda (from which Tolkien borrowed a bunch of names, mostly dwarves). He supposed – probably accurately – that it meant “wand-elf”, but he originally gave the name to Thorin.
Oh nice! That’s interesting to know!