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Old Norse
Etymology
From gandr (“witch's familiar”) + alfr (“elf”), thus meaning “an elf familiar”. Originally thought to mean “elf with a magic staff”[1] due to misattribution with later Icelandic gandur (“a magic staff”).
Proper noun
Gandalfr m (genitive Gandalfs)
- (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Gandalfr (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
| masculine
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singular
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| indefinite
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| nominative
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Gandalfr
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| accusative
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Gandalf
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| dative
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Gandalfi
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| genitive
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Gandalfs
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Descendants
All descendants are learned.
References
- ^ 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