23 Years Later, 'Lord of the Rings' Is Taking a Classic Canon Mystery Way Too Far

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Here’s a fun, nerdy fact about Lord of the Rings: In Old Norse, Gandalf translates to “staff elf.” J.R.R. Tolkien based the name of his wise, old wizard on the word Gandálfr, a combination of the words gandr (which means wand, staff, magic, or monster) and alfr (elf).