- 13.010 Stop playing hide-and-seek!
A game well known and attested by the 1600s
“hide-and-seek, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/86727. Accessed 14 September 2017.
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Helter-skelter
- 06.012 and helter-skelter down here.
A word of which OED says:
Etymology: A jingling expression vaguely imitating the hurried clatter of feet rapidly and irregularly moved, or of many running feet.
Therefore this word will be added to the onomatopoeia tag!
“helter-skelter, adv., adj., n., and v.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/85762. Accessed 14 September 2017.
Hearth-rug
- 01.092 the poor little hobbit could be seen kneeling on the hearth-rug,
Attested in OED as a single word or hyphenated one.
“hearthrug, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/85096. Accessed 14 September 2017.
Half-open
- 12.094 not far down from the half-open door
“Half-” as a combining for is combined with “open” in the OED.
“half-, comb. form.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/83403. Accessed 14 September 2017.
Half-imagined
- 05.009 or half-imagined dark things coming out of them.
Although many things combine with “half-” in the OED, this one is not found there. It’s not unique to Tolkien, but we are using the JRRT tag to include those words that he may not have invented, but certainly used and which are not dictionary-supported.
Half-finished
- 02.019 leaving his second breakfast half-finished
“Half-” as a combining form with nouns and adjectives has its very own OED entry, which includes “half-finished”.
“half-, comb. form.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/83403. Accessed 14 September 2017.
Guard-chamber
- 15.010 that lived here above the guard-chamber.
A properly attested word in the OED.
“guard, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/82132. Accessed 13 September 2017.
Grown-up
- 08.092 and even grown-up he had still spent a deal of his time at quoits,
A proper compound word.
“grown-up, adj. and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/81922. Accessed 13 September 2017.
Grand-uncle
Of any generation! In fact, these two references are both to Bullroarer Took, once as Old Took’s g-g-uncle and once as Bilbo’s g-g-g-g-uncle. I have chosen to make these one entry, but let the debate rage on! Neither form, nor great-uncle, nor grand-uncle, appear in the Project Gutenberg 100K most common words.
“Grand-uncle” is apparently more common in Ireland than “great-uncle” which is elsewhere the more popular form.
- 01.094 even to Old Took’s great-grand-uncle Bullroarer,
- 01.097 I had a great-great-great-grand-uncle once,
“grand-uncle, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/80718. Accessed 13 September 2017.
Grassy-floored
- 11.014 grassy-floored, still and quiet.
Not found in OED.
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