Talk:Gandálfr/@comment-43309486-20190729110309

Everyone knows Gandalf, the mage in J.R.R.Tolkiens works. But what does this name mean?

The people of middle-earth saw his long life and took him as an elf (In middle-earth the elfs are not so different from humankind - no pointed ears). And because he always carrying a wand, he was called Gand-alf... The elf with a gandr, a staff.

That leads me to a question: Maybe, that the first gandálfr, Sasha's prefered as her weapon not the sword, although she used Derflinger, to kill Brimir. Maybe, her weapon was a wand, and so she was named Gandàlfr... the alfr (the old norge form of elv) with the quarterstaff (Gandr).