Olórin

olórin

Olórin noun name of the Maia that became Gandalf, connected to olos no. 1 (UT:396)

olórin

masculine name. *Dream/vision one

Gandalf’s name “in the west”, that is Aman (LotR/670). This name is derived from olor “dream, vision” (UT/396), though its exact meaning is unclear.

Conceptual Development: This name was first written ᴹQ. Olórion in Lord of the Rings drafts, but was quickly changed to its final form ᴹQ. Olórin (WR/153). It may be that Tolkien originally intended the name to mean “✱Son of Dreams”.

sanomë tarnë olórin, aracorno, eomer, imrahil, mi mísë, mi telepta yo morna, mi laiqua yo ninquë, mi luinë, ta gimli mi lossëa

There stood Gandalf, Aragorn, Eomer and Imrahil in grey, in silver and black, in green and white, and in blue, and also Gimli in white