Gandalfr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom gandr (“magic staff”) + alfr (“elf”), thus meaning “elf with a magic staff”.[1]
Proper noun
editGandalfr 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
editReferences
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