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Mithrandir

noun. grey wanderer

mith (“grey”) + ran (“wander, stray”) + dîr (“man, adult male”)

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Mithrandir

noun. 'Grey Pilgrim'

prop. n. 'Grey Pilgrim', a name of Gandalf. >> mith, randir

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:47:60] _-_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

mithrandir

masculine name. Grey Pilgrim, Grey Wanderer

Sindarin name of Gandalf, translated “Grey Pilgrim” (LotR/670) or “Grey Wanderer” (LotR/827). This name is a combination of mith “grey” and randir “wanderer, pilgrim” (SA/mith, PE17/60, VT42/13).

Conceptual Development: When this name first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, it was already N. Mithrandir with the translations given above (TI/251).

Elements

WordGloss
mith“grey, light grey, pale grey”
randir“wanderer, wandering man, pilgrim”
Sindarin [LotR/0359; LotR/0670; LotR/0827; LotR/1085; LotRI/Gandalf; LotRI/Mithrandir; LRI/Mithrandir; PE17/047; PE17/060; PMI/Mithrandir; RC/758; SA/mith; SA/ran; SI/Mithrandir; UT/242; UT/392; UT/397; UTI/Mithrandir; VT42/13] Group: Eldamo. Published by