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minus-square@egrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•8 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-square@i_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoOh nice! That’s interesting to know!
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!