Interesting discussion indeed! I would just like to add one thing concerning the names like Eomer, Eowyn and like. éo- was a very common prefix in Rohan and for obvious reasons: its meaning in old english is 'horse'.
And what about Gimli then?
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'its meaning seems to have been "fire"' (The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, No 297, dated 1967).
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The meanings you have given to his name sound better to me though. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ February 27, 2003: Message edited by: Annunfuiniel ]