Although three of these grunts are everyday dwarvish and Beornish noises, in Chapter 8 they are of unknown Mirkwood origin.

• 01.049 that at last he grunted ‘pray don’t mention it,’
• 07.154 grunted the dwarves,
• 08.003 There were queer noises too, grunts, scufflings,
• 09.029 or grunted or whispered