- 09.062 of a well-filled larder.
Hyphenated in OED.
“well-filled, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/227260. Accessed 21 September 2017.
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Well-groomed
- 07.032 and well-groomed,
Hyphenated in OED.
“well-groomed, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/227316. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Well-to-do
- 01.003 This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit,
Hyphenated in OED.
“well-to-do, adj. and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/227649. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Wide-armed
- 07.014 and down the lines of the wide-armed oaks
Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.
“wide, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/228891. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Wide-sweeping
- 13.048 and round a wide-sweeping turn –
Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.
“wide, adv.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/228893. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Wine-barrel
- 09.037 Some of them were wine-barrels,
These words do not properly concatenate with a hyphen, according to the good folks at OED. This is another Tolkien invention – so subtle as to never distract from the action, enough to remind us we are reading a translation.
Hyphenated in its mention in the OED.
“wine, n.1.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/229302. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Wolf-ally
- 07.122 with their wolf-allies into the lands
This does not appear in OED – it’s a JRRT original.
Wolf-glade
- 07.122 From the burnt wolf-glade
This is, of course, a JRRT original.
Wolf-guards
- 06.070 But the wolf-guards did not leave the trees.
This word is a JRRT original.
Wolf-rider
- 17.048 These were the swiftest wolf-riders,
This word is attested in OED as found in:
“Belsta, and Heidr, and Hulla..the wolf-riders.” Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton · Harold, the last of the Saxon kings · 1st edition, 1848 (3 vols.). London
Spactacular! The “wolf” entry in the OED is another one that can keep me occupied for great lengths of time.
“wolf, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/229845. Accessed 21 September 2017.
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