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Morsel

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, food, word

01.036 which he had baked that afternoon for his after-supper morsel.
05.015 at least a tasty morsel it’d make us, gollum!’

Officially it’s just a mouthful, coming to english in the 13th century through French from the Latin root “to bite”.

“morsel, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 16 May 2015.

Moss

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word

03.009 and others were half covered with moss or heather.

Moth

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word

03.010 There were moths fluttering about,
08.006 and black moths,

Mound

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word

12.016 across the floor to the nearest edge of the mounds of treasure.
13.018 Bilbo was climbing the great mound of treasure.
13.022 Down the other side of the great mound he climbed,
13.033 as they lifted old treasures from the mound

Mourn

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word

14.016 There was mourning
14.026 in mournful crowds upon the western shores,

Muddle

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word

09.046 and muddled your wits!

Muff

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word

07.022 nor rug, cape, tippet, muff, nor any other such unfortunate word!

Muster

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word

18.021 The Eagles had long had suspicion of the goblins’ mustering;

Mutton

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, food, word

02.043 They were toasting mutton on long spits of wood,
02.044 “Mutton yesterday,
02.044 mutton today,
02.044 if it don’t look like mutton again tomorrer,”
02.046 for a nice bit o’ fat valley mutton like what this is.”
02.047 pinched the very mutton off the spits,
02.075 that they used for carrying off mutton
02.075 and the gnawed mutton,
07.001 only cold mutton

I have heard that the mutton from a mature but young sheep is tender and flavorful – but there’s a balance to be found between wool-production and tasty nutrition. Do you think the trolls were eating only old sheep?

Nain

June 25, 2015October 25, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, word

A note on the naming of dwarves.

17.033 We are sent from Dain son of Nain,’
17.043 Let Dain son of Nain come swiftly to us!’
18.032 There now Dain son of Nain took up his abode,