This hyphenated word is made from two common words. It’s not found either hyphenated or as a compound word in the OED, so is a JRRT original for our purposes.
- 08.102 only great strands of double-thick spider-rope
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Dorwinion
- 09.025 of the great gardens of Dorwinion,
- 09.035 The wine of Dorwinion brings deep
Dori
A note on the naming of dwarves. Dori is referred to 22 times by himself and not in combination with other dwarf names out of the 37 times he is named in the book – interesting… Should do a comparison.
- 01.046 Dori, Nori, Ori,
- 01.070 Dori, Nori, and Ori brought out flutes
- 02.033 groaned Dori
- 02.075 and Dori and Nori and Ori all in a heap,
- 04.040 “Half a minute!” said Dori,
- 04.051 Quite suddenly Dori,
- 06.009 and drop him for, Dori?’
- 06.010 said Dori,
- 06.052 Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin,
- 06.054 said Nori to Dori looking down.
- 06.055 said Dori, ‘down tunnels
- 06.056 Dori!’ he called,
- 06.056 for Dori was lowest down
- 06.057 Dori was really a decent fellow
- 06.057 So Dori actually climbed out of the tree
- 06.058 Still Dori did not let Bilbo down.
- 06.060 in which Dori
- 06.083 He just managed to catch hold of Dori’s legs,
- 06.083 as Dori was borne off last of all;
- 06.085 clinging onto Dori’s ankles.
- 06.085 but Dori groaned ‘my poor legs,
- 06.088 He loosed Dori’s ankles with a gasp
- 06.089 No you don’t!’ he heard Dori answering,
- 06.092 The other seized Dori
- 07.051 and Dori came round the house
- 07.053 Dori at your service!’
- 08.016 Dori is the strongest,
- 08.024 After that Kili and Oin and Gloin and Dori;
- 08.060 when Dori, whose turn it was to watch first,
- 08.065 when Dori stumbled across him by sheer luck.
- 08.073 Dori, Nori Ori,
- 08.108 Bifur, Bofur, Dori and Nori.
- 10.015 Dori, Nori, Ori,
- 13.061 said Dori.
- 13.068 said Dori, who was always looking up towards the Mountain’s peak,
- 18.033 and Dori and Nori and Ori,
- 18.038 and farewell Dori, Nori, Ori,
Door-step
Notice that the word changes once we leave the Shire? In the OED entry, the hyphenated form is associated with older quotations, the unhyphenated form is from the 1900 or later entries.
- 01.097 As soon as I saw your funny faces on the door-step,
- 01.140 If you sit on the door-step long enough,
- 01.141 and isn’t sitting on the door-step your job,
- 05.148 his nice brass buttons on the doorstep.
- 08.127 Buttons all over the doorstep!
- 11.020 Bilbo found sitting on the doorstep lonesome
- 11.020 there was not a doorstep,
- 11.020 and the opening the ‘doorstep’
- 11.020 when he said they could sit on the doorstep
- 11.022 You said sitting on the doorstep
- 12.081 in a faint on the ‘doorstep’.
- 13.052 But I don’t feel that Smaug’s front doorstep
“ˈdoor-step, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 7 September 2017.
Door-post
This hyphenated word is made from two common words and is hyphenated in its OED entry.
- 05.146 and the door-post.
“ˈdoor-post, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 7 September 2017.
Dodge
- 05.145 and the poor little hobbit dodged this way
- 06.022 but I dodged ’em.
- 06.023 when he talked about dodging guards,
- 07.116 dodging round the pillars of the hall,
- 07.116 little ones dodging through big ones
Dizzy
From original meaning “foolish”, the whirling, vertigo meaning dates from at least the 14th century.
- 08.118 what with their dizzy heads,
- 11.018 I should turn dizzy
“dizzy, adj.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 27 July 2015.
Dive
- 07.107 He dived under the blankets
- 14.023 and dived down
- 14.029 He dived from Esgaroth,
- 14.043 and none dared to dive
Disquiet
- 08.038 At times they heard disquieting laughter.
Dish-covers
This hyphenated word is made from two common words, and has a hyphenated entry in OED.
- 01.117 and shields as cradles or dish-covers;
Swords into ploughshares – the Shire is heaven on Middle-Earth.
“dish, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 7 September 2017.
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