Linguistic puns, riddles, and jokes in LotR, etc.

[Annunfuiniel]

Interesting discussion indeed! I would just like to add one thing concerning the names like Eomer, Eowyn and like. éo- was a very common prefix in Rohan and for obvious reasons: its meaning in old english is 'horse'.
And what about Gimli then?

'its meaning seems to have been "fire"' (The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, No 297, dated 1967).

The meanings you have given to his name sound better to me though. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ February 27, 2003: Message edited by: Annunfuiniel ]