Of Dwarves and Their Names

[Galoren, Keeper and Spinner]

Now that we are "stuck" in close proximity to Durin's race, it is only fitting to begin research into their ways. Nearly all peoples can be understood by their language and naming custom. Even, so I have heard, the Orcs. Who, perhaps not so oddly, often bear names similar to the stout folk of the hills. I have found an old scroll with an apparently contemporary poem. One of men, still in the writing. It bears many names and a myth associated with the dwarvish folk:

axebow.hakaze.com/char/edda.htm

[Schnorri]

A more detailed description of the Poetic Edda.

If you notice a slightly familiar name in the text, it is not by chance