- 10.028 and into the market-place of the town.
Hyphenated in the examples.
“marketplace, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/114189. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Hyphenated in the examples.
“marketplace, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/114189. Accessed 19 September 2017.
“make-up, n. and adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/112664. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Only Gollum and Bilbo “lurk” – nothing in Mirkwood. I am startled.
the first, narrow meaning meant to recall a falcon to the hand by throwing its lure – its treat – out for it.
“lure, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 29 July 2015.
OED gives this as both hyphenated and not. I note that Tolkien hyphenated “breakfast-time”, “tea-time”, and “supper-time” but not “lunchtime”.
It’s a Germanic word, based on the idea of an unmeasured amount of something, haphazardly put together. Lumpe is a Norwegian and Swedish kind of cake, mentioned by the OED in the entry under “lump”. I’m not sure what to make of that – would any Word Fans care to post a recipe for lumpe?
“lump, n.1.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 29 July 2015.
A word of Germanic roots, its first meaning is explicitly the Lowlands of Scotland.
“lowland, n. and adj.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 29 July 2015.
“low-spirited, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/110720. Accessed 15 September 2017.