Gandalfr
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
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