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Gandalf
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A wizard character in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
"Gandalf guided the Fellowship through many perils."
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Etymology
Tolkien borrowed the name from Old Norse, where it appears in the "Völuspá" poem meaning roughly "wand-elf."