"Here now I name my guest,
Gandalf Greyhame, wisest of counsellors, most welcome of wanderers..."
Words of
Théodenfrom
The Two Towers III 6
The King of the Golden Hall
One of Gandalf's many titles and surnames, used particularly in the country of Rohan. It was the equivalent in the tongue of the Rohirrim of 'Greymantle' or 'Greycloak'. According to some sources, the name is a rendering into ancient English of Incánus, the Westron name for Gandalf (though note that this is only one of several competing explanations of the old name Incánus).
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The word 'hame' comes from Old English hama, which literally meant 'skin' or 'hide', but could also be used of clothing. Considering Gandalf's other titles of Greycloak and Greymantle, 'hame' in this context probably means 'cloak', though 'Greyhame' could conceivably be interpreted in a more general sense, as something like 'clothed in Grey'.
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