The Name Game

[earendil_fr]

No: HPFGUIDX 110053

Amey wrote:
> I was translating the names and came across:
> 
> Voldemort: Flight of (from???) Death 
(snip)
> Of course Flight from Death fits

Earendil replies:

Sorry to be a nit-picker, but it can't be translated exactly 
to 'Flight *from* death'.
'vol' means 'flight' indeed, as in flying, but not as in fleeing.
A more interesting translation of 'vol' IMO is 'theft'. Which makes 
Voldemort a Death Stealer... Fits much better with his Death 
Eaters ;-)

That's always been my personal understanding of the name anyway!

Earendil.