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Originally Posted by Nilpaurion Felagund
Perhaps you mean Gandalf:
Gandalf . . . is an actual Norse name . . . used by me [J.R.R Tolkien] since it appears to contain gandr, a staff, especially one used in "magic," and might be supposed to mean "Elvish wight with a (magic) staff."
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Exactly! Thanks. I knew that I read something like that somewhere.
That's what I get for trying to do this without my book in front of me...
