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Gandalf

Meaning

Means "wand elf" in Old Norse, from the elements gandr "wand, staff, cane" and álfr "elf". This name

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Gandalf (mythology)

Gandalf ( ) is a Dvergr (Norse dwarf) in Norse mythology, appearing in the so-called 'Tally of the Dwarves' within the poem Völuspá from the Poetic Edda,Tom Shippey, J.

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Gandalf Alfgeirsson

Gandalf Alfgeirsson (Old Norse: Gandálf Álfgeirsson) was a legendary king of the petty kingdom Alfheim, in south-eastern Norway and south-western Sweden He is portrayed in Snorri Sturluson's saga.

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