- 01.100 that the dwarf huddled back
- 04.023 The ponies were already there huddled
- 06.040 huddled all together,
- 08.005 They slept all closely huddled together,
- 08.119 The dwarves huddled together
- 12.071 in the tunnel the dwarves huddled together
- 13.015 and they sat huddled
- 14.016 and children were being huddled
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Hover
- 01.068 and come back to hover over the wizard’s head.
Hotfoot
As an adjective, as used here, it means “hastily”; as a verb, to make haste, Compare “lightfoot”. See our discussion of “Hotfoot and Lightfooted“.
- 14.009 But the grim-voiced fellow ran hotfoot to the Master.
“hotfoot, adv. and adj.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2015. Web. 18 February 2016.
“hotfoot, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2015. Web. 18 February 2016.
Hose
- 17.031 with hose of a fine
Hornet
- 07.027 They were bigger than hornets.
Horde
- 04.042 and hordes of angry goblins just behind!
Hop
- 01.031 and he too hopped inside as soon as the door was open,
- 01.038 in they hopped,
Hoop
- 13.037 strengthened beneath with hoops of steel,
Hoof
- 08.029 There was a flying sound of hooves on the path ahead.
- 08.029 but they heard the sound of hooves quickly falter
Honey-smelling
- 07.025 and wide stretches of short white sweet honey-smelling clover.
English is short on olfactory words; I’m pleased that Bilbo’s native tongue (in which he was writing this memoir) has such an adjective.
Update 2017.09.14: this is a perfectly good English word, says the OED!
“honey, n. and adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/88159. Accessed 14 September 2017.
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