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Old 05-09-2007, 12:23 PM   #69
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Originally Posted by tom bombariffic

Similarly, "Smeagol" in Old English means "thoughtful" -

No, it derives from smygen "to delve, burrow, creep into:" the same root from which JRRT also derived Smaug and Smial.
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