- 18.021 The Eagles had long had suspicion of the goblins’ mustering;
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Mutton
- 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
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,
Naughty
- 01.043 as if some naughty little hobbit-boy was trying to pull the handle off.
- 06.076 Also naughty little boys that play with fire get punished.’
- 08.101 Here am I, naughty little fly;
Necromancer
- 01.132 in the dungeons of the Necromancer.’
- 01.135 we must give a thought to the Necromancer.’
- 07.151 you would get into the land of the Necromancer;
- 19.006 and that they had at last driven the Necromancer
Nibble
- 01.060 nibbling at a biscuit
- 06.039 He nibbled a bit of sorrel,
Nimble
- 09.011 Then if Bilbo was very nimble,
- 09.029 none of them any too nimble,
- 17.048 and some of the nimblest of men
Nip
- 06.028 he had nipped inside the crack,
- 08.089 and nipped hard at the nose that stuck out.
- 08.103 nippers and spinners snapping,
Nook
- 04.013 and some comfortable nooks.
Nori
Fourteen for Nori… A note on the naming of dwarves.
- 01.046 Dori, Nori, Ori,
- 01.070 Dori, Nori, and Ori brought out flutes
- 02.033 groaned Dori and Nori
- 02.075 and Dori and Nori and Ori all in a heap,
- 06.052 Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin,
- 06.054 said Nori to Dori looking down.
- 07.063 but Nori and Ori were there almost before he had stopped,
- 07.065 Nori at your service,
- 08.024 next Ori and Nori,
- 08.073 Dori, Nori Ori,
- 08.108 Bifur, Bofur, Dori and Nori.
- 10.015 Dori, Nori, Ori,
- 18.033 and Dori and Nori and Ori,
- 18.038 and farewell Dori, Nori, Ori,