English
Samwise Gamgee
Samwise Gamgee
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Samwise Gamgee
Samwise Gamgee
Samwise means "simple minded" or "half-minded". Gamgee is a corruption of the name Gammidgy, a village in the Shire. Both names are presented as translations of the Westron form of Sam's name Banazîr Galbasi (also spelled Banazîr Galpsi) (q.v. for more information). Tolkien's English translation, Samwís Gamwich, could have come to Samwise Gamgee in modern English. The Sindarin version of Samwise is Perhael.