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Name Dwalin
Gender Masculine
Usage Literature, Germanic Mythology
Pronounced Pron. DWAL-in (Literature)
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Meaning & History
The name of a dwarf character in 'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien. Tolkien took the name from the catalogue of dwarves (dvergatal) in the 'Poetic Edda'. The name means something like "sleeping" (from Old Norse dvalen "to sleep").