Gandalfr
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gandr (“magic staff”) + alfr (“elf”), thus meaning “elf with a magic staff”.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Gandalfr m (genitive Gandalfs)
- (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf
- a male given name
Declension
[edit] Declension of Gandalfr (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
Descendants
[edit]All descendants are learned.
References
[edit]- ^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4