>What does that translate too, if I may ask? I'm pretty sure I
>recognize 'gändr' as a word even if I don't recall its meaning, to
>say nothing of the obvious recognition 'skuld' will engender in your
>readers.

I believe 'gändr' is a staff or wand, as in Gandalf "elf of the wand" (a name Tolkien took from an old Norse list of dwarf names, along with most or all of Thorin's band).

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