Olórin

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Template:Youmay Olórin was a Maia of Manwë and Varda. As the wisest of his order he came to Middle-earth in the Third Age in the guise better known as Gandalf.

Etymology

The name is related to "dream" and therefore derives from root ÓLOS, Old Quenya/Vanyarin Olózin. The PQ form could had been *Olozindo