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Gandalfr
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Old Norse
Etymology
From non gandr witch's familiar alfr elf, thus meaning an elf familiar. Originally thought to mean elf with a magic staffChester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4 due to misattribution with later is gandur a magic staff.
Proper noun
m Gandalfs
non Dwarves non Norse mythology name of a dwarf
non male
Declension
Gandalf sing-indef
Descendants
All descendants are learned.
is Gandálfur
fo Gandálvur
nn Gandalv Gandålv
en Gandalf 1
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