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'''Lofar''' was a Dwarf that stayed at [[Bag End]] after [[Bilbo Baggins]]'s birthday party.
'''Lofar''' was a Dwarf that stayed at [[Bag End]] after [[Bilbo Baggins]]' birthday party.<ref>{{RS|Return}}</ref>


Tolkien in the end didn't elaborate on the [[Dwarves]] that were there or their names, but '''Lofar''' still could have been the name of one of those Dwarves.
==Etymology==
''Lofarr'' is a dwarf from the ''[[Völuspá|Dvergatal]]''. It can mean either "Stooper" or "Praiser".<ref>Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", published in ''Publications of the Modern Language Association of America'', Vol 44 (1929), issue #4, pp. 939-967</ref>


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Template:Noncanon Lofar was a Dwarf that stayed at Bag End after Bilbo Baggins' birthday party.[1]

Etymology

Lofarr is a dwarf from the Dvergatal. It can mean either "Stooper" or "Praiser".[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Return of the Shadow, "The Second Phase: XIV. Return to Hobbiton"
  2. Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", published in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4, pp. 939-967