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whiterider) wrote2014-03-30 02:29 am
whiterider) wrote2014-03-30 02:29 am
Explanation of Various Names
✧ Olórin, his name in Valinor and in very ancient times. "Olórin was my name in my youth in the West that is forgotten". It was Quenya, and its meaning is associated with dreams (perhaps "dreamer" or "of dreams"), from the root ÓLOS-.
✧ Mithrandir, his Sindarin name, used in Gondor and by the elves, meaning White Pilgrim or Grey Wanderer.
✧ Old Greybeard, by the Mouth of Sauron when they meet at the Morannon.
✧ The White Rider (when mounted on the great horse Shadowfax)
✧ Stormcrow (a reference to his arrival being associated with times of trouble), often used by his detractors to mean he is a troublesome meddler in the affairs of others.
✧ Incánus (in the south), of unclear language and meaning. Tolkien several times changed his mind about it, varying between the Latin word Incanus (meaning Grey and a possible Westron invention meaning "Greymantle"), a word Ind-cano (meaning Cruel Ruler), or even a form of Southron meaning "Spy of the North".
✧ Lathspell, by Grima Wormtongue who said "Lathspell I name you, Ill-news; and ill news is an ill guest they say." (in The Two Towers, "The King of the Golden Hall", pg. 117.)
✧ Tharkûn (to the Dwarves), probably meaning Staff-man.
✧ Gandalf Greyhame
✧ Gandalf the Grey, and later Gandalf the White after he was reborn as the successor to Saruman.
Taken from here.
✧ Mithrandir, his Sindarin name, used in Gondor and by the elves, meaning White Pilgrim or Grey Wanderer.
✧ Old Greybeard, by the Mouth of Sauron when they meet at the Morannon.
✧ The White Rider (when mounted on the great horse Shadowfax)
✧ Stormcrow (a reference to his arrival being associated with times of trouble), often used by his detractors to mean he is a troublesome meddler in the affairs of others.
✧ Incánus (in the south), of unclear language and meaning. Tolkien several times changed his mind about it, varying between the Latin word Incanus (meaning Grey and a possible Westron invention meaning "Greymantle"), a word Ind-cano (meaning Cruel Ruler), or even a form of Southron meaning "Spy of the North".
✧ Lathspell, by Grima Wormtongue who said "Lathspell I name you, Ill-news; and ill news is an ill guest they say." (in The Two Towers, "The King of the Golden Hall", pg. 117.)
✧ Tharkûn (to the Dwarves), probably meaning Staff-man.
✧ Gandalf Greyhame
✧ Gandalf the Grey, and later Gandalf the White after he was reborn as the successor to Saruman.
Taken from here.