Ollivander = An Evil Lord

[mlle_bienvenu]

No: HPFGUIDX 72888

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "forestlily" 
<lilaforest03 at y...> wrote:
> 
> > <Dad-Eye say:
> 
> > <Voldemort
> > <Vol(e)-de-mort 'Vole' (burrowing rodent) + 'de/du' ('of' (Sp/Fr) 
+ 'mort'
> ('death', Fr)
> > <Voldemort == "Rodent of Death"
>  
> Me: (Lily F):
>  
>  "Voldemort"="Rodent of Death"? er ... well I'm french and JKR's 
told in an
> itw that "Voldemort" is a french word. 
>  So in french the meaning of"Vol de mort " is "Flight of death" .
>  I've seen the same explanation on the Harry Potter lexicon so I 
suppose I'm
> right.
>  
> In french "Vol" means "a theft"as well,but I don't think 
that "Voldemort
> means "Theft of Death".
> Actually a "Thief"= "Voleur" in french.So in  french he could also 
be the 
> thief of death"
> Do you think it could ? Voldemort could be "The One Who Steal The
> Death/Life?" 
>  It sounds strange, isn't it ? 
> I prefer the "Flight of Death" explanation.
> 
> L.F. (who'd better try to improve her english)
> 
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Mlle Bienvenu:

Couldn't Vol de Mort also be "Flight from Death"? or is my French off 
just a bit? I took three years in high school, but that was some time 
ago. However I seem to remember the 'de' can mean 'of' or 'from' 
Anyway, if it is possible that his name means Flight from Death, it 
seems to make perfect sense given his attitude towards death. 
However, If it does mean both, then I'm sure JK loved the interesting 
and suited ambiguity of the phrase.