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from SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to lotrmemes@midwest.social on 01 Nov 11:47
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from SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to lotrmemes@midwest.social on 01 Nov 11:47
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/30684819
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I raise you the “Grand elf”
Gandalf is the name of a dwarf in the Norse Poetic Edda (from which Tolkien borrowed a bunch of names, mostly dwarves). He supposed – probably accurately – that it meant “wand-elf”, but he originally gave the name to Thorin.
Oh nice! That’s interesting to know!
Yes, but on Dutch that’s pronounced exactly like elephant:
“Olifant”, which I just learned is also the name of a certain kind of instrument.
It’s a hunting horn that happens to be carved from an elephant tusk so it’s all tied together.
It got the name because in the story of Roland he had a hunting horn like that apparently named Oliphant that he blew to summon aid from the rest of Charlemagne’s forces after he got his army killed by not blowing it sooner, because he was a fucking idiot.
That or that was just the word for that kind of horn and the texts just make it seem like that was a specific name, it’s hard to tell sometimes.
Timothy Olyphant: w-what now?!
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Maaan I love this guy
I miss Santa Clarita Diet 😮💨
Me too - I thought that at some point it was announced that new episodes were coming, but no, it turns out that it was cancelled at Netflix - despite the cliffhanger ending:-(.
Classic Netflix
I rewatched Deadwood recently and he’s so so angry in that show. Rage whispering through clenched teeth all the time
Danny Cordray
...or Josh Duhamel? /s :-)
I always just assumed it was some sort of archaic spelling.
That’s exactly what it is.
Probably meant to stress that the animals were rare enough in middle earth that they didn’t have a proper common word for them. Not an expert though.