Around the 13th century the word came to also mean “to produce tears” as well as to make a loud noise.

Cry, etymonline.com

• 2.113 they cried.
• 3.027 father!” they cried to Thorin,
• 4.043 and horrible cries
• 4.044 so that do what they could the dwarves heard the cries
• 4.048 in full cry,
• 5.033 Voiceless it cries,
• 5.034 Half a moment!’ cried Bilbo,
• 5.051 Fish! fish!’ he cried.
• 5.077 cried Bilbo very much relieved;
• 5.091 Bilbo heard him crying.
• 5.094 cried Bilbo,
• 5.130 The cry brought Bilbo’s heart to his mouth,
• 5.139 they cried.
• 6.051 what shall we do!’ he cried.
• 6.052 Up the trees quick!’ cried Gandalf;
• 6.065 and they fled off down the slopes crying
• 6.082 Loud cried the Lord of the Eagles,
• 6.092 he cried
• 7.002 The dwarves were crying farewells
• 7.007 Farewell!’ they cried,
• 7.110 he cried.
• 7.114 they all cried.
• 7.118 he cried,
• 7.132 and the cries of goblins.
• 8.009 and peering forward cried:
• 8.030 he cried.
• 8.033 Before Thorin could cry out
• 8.043 but at length the cries of the dwarves,
• 8.045 they cried,
• 8.048 he cried.
• 8.072 and their cries.
• 8.073 But the cries of the others got steadily further
• 8.073 and cries for help
• 8.080 the cries for help had come
• 8.130 their cries as the spiders caught them
• 9.042 Ha, ha!’ came a cry.
• 9.046 cried some,
• 9.067 cried the raftman.
• 10.029 cried Thorin
• 10.030 Pressing forward before the Master’s table they cried:
• 11.034 cried Bilbo.
• 12.024 inside the tunnel when Bifur gave a cry:
• 12.086 cried the dwarves.
• 13.014 he cried.
• 13.025 Fili! Kili!’ he cried as loud as he could –
• 13.027 Faintly the dwarves heard his small cries,
• 13.033 and cried out to one another,
• 13.036 he cried.
• 13.040 Thorin!’ he cried aloud.
• 13.063 cried the others.
• 13.070 Hear, hear!’ cried Bilbo,
• 14.008 they cried,
• 14.009 he cried.
• 14.029 he cried.
• 14.032 and people further off took up the cry:
• 14.034 were now heard as loudly crying that the dwarves
• 14.040 crying and piping.
• 15.001 and crying unceasingly above.
• 15.003 he cried.
• 15.023 cried Thorin.
• 15.024 cried Bilbo,
• 15.025 cried the dwarves as if they had not heard him;
• 15.046 and he cried:
• 15.056 one cried,
• 17.014 cried Thorin,
• 17.015 he cried
• 17.023 cried Bard.
• 17.027 he cried to them.
• 17.031 when a cry was heard
• 17.041 Halt!’ cried Gandalf,
• 17.042 The elves cried out with many voices.
• 17.048 and already their cries
• 17.051 With cries of ‘Moria!’
• 17.052 when a cry rang out on the heights above.
• 17.057 he cried,
• 17.062 He gave a great cry:
• 17.065 The Eagles! the Eagles!’ Bilbo cried,
• 17.065 Soon they too took up the cry,
• 17.066 The Eagles!’ cried Bilbo once more,
• 18.009 he cried,
• 19.035 he cried.

Adjective, adverb, noun, and verb, this common word does a great deal of heavy lifting! Through Proto-Germanic from Proto IndoEuropean, meaning something like “stand, put, or put in order.”

• 1.004 but certainly there was still something
• 1.005 Still it is probable that Bilbo,
• 1.006 and the hobbits were still numerous
• 1.017 but I had no idea you were still
• 1.023 was still standing outside the door,
• 1.068 Bilbo stood still
• 1.071 and still they played on,
• 1.072 and still they played on.
• 1.119 but so far still Tookishly determined to go on with things.
• 1.124 we still mean to get it back,
• 1.143 he could hear Thorin still humming to himself
• 2.027 but still he began to feel that adventures were not so bad after all.
• 2.030 Still the dwarves jogged on,
• 2.116 also one barrel of ale which was still full.
• 3.032 there were still some people
• 3.037 I have heard that there are still forgotten treasures of old
• 3.047 We still call it Durin’s Day
• 4.002 they were still going up
• 4.004 More terrible still are thunder
• 4.012 and the thunder still growling,
• 4.012 Still it was not very far to go,
• 4.044 Still goblins go faster than dwarves,
• 4.048 The ones behind yelled still more,
• 5.004 Still at the moment he felt very crushed.
• 5.008 still they are more used to tunnelling than we are,
• 5.009 All he knew was that it was still going down pretty steadily
• 5.009 and still he heard no sound of anything
• 5.011 Still he did not dare to wade out into the darkness.
• 5.011 and the original owners are still there
• 5.030 Then they stand still.
• 5.034 who was still thinking uncomfortably about eating.
• 5.041 and still he did not answer;
• 5.060 still he could not think of anything.
• 5.073 but still he did not dare to waste his last guess.
• 5.078 He sat still,
• 5.087 when such rings were still at large
• 5.087 And still sometimes he put it on,
• 5.087 He still had a bone or two left to gnaw,
• 5.089 Still he waited a while;
• 5.110 who was still going quickly,
• 5.119 still cautiously,
• 5.119 Still there it was:
• 5.130 but still he held on.
• 5.138 And there was the ring still,
• 5.146 It was still ajar,
• 5.148 while bewildered goblins were still picking up
• 6.002 they are not still back there
• 6.003 He still wandered on,
• 6.005 He crept still nearer,
• 6.005 He had still got the ring on,
• 6.014 If they had still doubted that he was really a first-class burglar,
• 6.031 where they still come
• 6.034 And we are still pretty high up.
• 6.039 but the blackberries were still only
• 6.040 They still went on
• 6.045 they could still see the evening lights on the plains beyond.
• 6.058 Still Dori did not let Bilbo down.
• 6.061 for whom they were probably still hunting.
• 6.084 A few eagles were still circling
• 7.002 The sun was still close to the eastern edge of things.
• 7.012 You are still some miles north of the path
• 7.014 if still sore
• 7.018 Still I warn you he gets angry easily.’
• 7.024 They still had a long way to walk before them.
• 7.045 and was still warm
• 7.076 Or have you still got some more jacks
• 7.096 and still they sat
• 7.120 and while the dwarves were still singing songs
• 7.120 still puzzling his little head about Beorn,
• 7.121 So here you all are still!’
• 7.122 the goblin patrols were still hunting
• 7.123 but I like it still better now I am sure it is true.
• 7.130 if they had still had their ponies,
• 7.130 and would have left them still with a long
• 7.131 Still you are safer going north,
• 7.133 Still the next morning dawned bright
• 7.133 and while the shadows were still long they were off again.
• 7.133 that they rode still forward after dusk
• 7.143 he still said the same.
• 8.002 and still more luck
• 8.004 and it was everlastingly still
• 8.006 Worse still it brought thousands of dark-grey
• 8.007 and still the forest seemed just the same,
• 8.012 Still twelve yards is as good as a mile.
• 8.016 and still has the best sight,’
• 8.022 looking at the snapped painter that was still dangling from it.
• 8.029 (still grumbling)
• 8.029 and then go still.
• 8.031 They could still see his hood
• 8.032 They were still standing over him,
• 8.035 and the gloom gathered still deeper on them
• 8.038 Still Bombur slept
• 8.044 Still he did not see this,
• 8.046 that they were still gnawingly hungry,
• 8.089 in Bombur still.
• 8.092 and even grown-up he had still spent a deal of his time at quoits, dart-throwing,
• 8.100 but still they cannot find me!
• 8.108 But there were still five dwarves hanging at the end of the branch
• 8.125 though he would have felt a lot bolder still,
• 8.131 Still elves they were
• 9.016 and the still unconquered dragon)
• 9.019 It seemed a town of Men still throve there,
• 9.035 still happily snoring with smiles upon their faces.
• 9.044 and still less at being laughed at.
• 9.055 he could hear the elves still singing
• 9.069 but whether alive or dead still remains to be seen.
• 10.002 but still a strong water flowed on steadily through the midst.
• 10.003 still,
• 10.006 In the still evening air
• 10.007 who still dared to dwell here
• 10.007 They still throve on the trade
• 10.007 The rotting piles of a greater town could still be seen
• 10.008 though some still sang old songs
• 10.011 Are you still
• 10.016 Still –
• 10.040 Still, I daresay, more was guessed than was known,
• 10.042 While the enthusiasm still lasted
• 11.010 The dragon is still alive
• 11.011 and still I expect smokes
• 11.014 and brought them at last to a still narrower ledge,
• 11.014 grassy-floored, still and quiet.
• 11.032 but still Bilbo stood almost without moving.
• 11.036 Try it now while there is still time!’
• 12.008 and stopped where he could still see
• 12.010 but went still on
• 12.017 but still he clutched the cup,
• 12.019 The dwarves were still passing the cup
• 12.020 Smaug was still to be reckoned with.
• 12.027 and still all was safe.
• 12.027 and still all was safe.
• 12.033 to last them still for some time.
• 12.095 and we know that still;
• 12.095 and I still think that when we have won it will be time enough
• 12.096 if they were still lying there
• 12.101 What would have happened if the door had still been open
• 12.101 glad to be still alive,
• 13.001 they woke still to darkness
• 13.017 Mr. Baggins was still officially their expert burglar
• 13.018 while he was still near enough,
• 13.018 and still went on.
• 13.023 And still there was no sight nor sound of Smaug.
• 13.029 and still there were no dragon-noises,
• 13.034 and finding still hanging there many golden harps
• 13.034 they were still
• 13.038 Still I wish there was a looking-glass handy!’
• 13.048 still showing the fragments of old carven work within,
• 13.055 even if the old steps are still there.’
• 13.067 Still,
• 14.011 Still they had a little time.
• 14.015 and still no arrow hindered Smaug or hurt him
• 14.018 But there was still a company of archers
• 14.026 while some were still willing to defend it.
• 14.036 I serve you still –
• 14.042 Still elves are lightfooted,
• 14.044 who were still able,
• 15.001 and the crows that still lived about the Mountain
• 15.014 but we remember still the king that was of old.
• 15.021 If you would earn our thanks still more,
• 15.021 if any of you are still young
• 15.026 you will see that the dwarves still had some days before them.
• 15.026 and at such work the dwarves were still very skilled.
• 15.027 and they still had a breathing space.
• 15.027 Better still,
• 15.031 The morning was still pale
• 15.052 And still my other claims remain unanswered.’
• 15.060 The whole place still stinks of dragon,’
• 16.026 (which he still wore over his mail)
• 16.046 it was still where he had left it.
• 17.004 Are you still of the same mind?’
• 17.005 Still the elf-host has not departed as I bade!
• 17.031 The morning was still early
• 17.037 Let us hope still for something
• 17.040 Still more suddenly a darkness came on
• 17.054 while still the great bats swirled
• 18.002 but I suppose there is still time enough for that!’
• 18.003 Surely there was a camp still
• 18.003 But all was deadly still.
• 18.022 they were still outnumbered.
• 18.023 The dwarves were making a stand still
• 18.025 but the pursuit was still on foot,
• 18.051 The Wild was still the Wild,
• 19.001 Bilbo heard the elves still singing
• 19.002 Here grass is still growing,
• 19.025 still hidden
• 19.036 they were more surprised still.

This word occurs in every chapter, and it occurs as both a noun and a verb.

• 1.006 and Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after breakfast
• 1.012 He stood leaning on his stick
• 1.023 was still standing outside the door,
• 1.050 said Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur standing
• 1.059 there stood Balin
• 1.068 Bilbo stood still
• 2.021 who was standing at the inn door looking out for him.
• 2.048 So he stood and hesitated
• 2.077 He stood outside
• 2.106 for he stood turned to stone as he stooped;
• 2.106 And there they stand to this day,
• 2.113 to pots full of gold coins standing
• 3.044 “Stand by the grey stone
• 4.005 and their ponies were standing with their heads down
• 4.012 and before long they came to a big rock standing out into the path.
• 4.013 and there they stood
• 4.025 and armed goblins were standing round him
• 4.037 as he stood dumbfounded
• 5.030 Then they stand still.
• 5.135 was left standing open.
• 6.041 that here stood right up the mountain slope
• 6.052 a large pine standing at the very edge of the glade.
• 6.057 and stand on his back.
• 6.072 stood the wolves at a respectful distance,
• 7.034 Standing near was a huge man with a thick black beard
• 7.034 The horses were standing by him with their noses at his shoulder.
• 7.036 standing in front of them
• 7.051 and stood bowing low before them.
• 7.077 and stood smiling
• 7.092 The dogs could stand on their hind-legs when they wished,
• 7.096 with the pillars of the house standing tall behind them,
• 7.104 Suddenly up stood Gandalf.
• 7.117 but on the other side is a cliff standing up from a swirling channel.
• 8.006 They could not stand that,
• 8.032 They were still standing over him,
• 8.044 was standing near the bottom of a wide valley,
• 8.046 by standing under giant oaks
• 8.078 and he stood a long while wondering
• 8.081 Standing behind a tree he watched a group of them for some time,
• 8.094 When about fifty had gone off to the place where he had stood before,
• 8.099 Standing now
• 8.115 only four of the dwarves were able to stand firmly,
• 9.018 There stood barrels,
• 9.020 which stood close to the point
• 9.037 in fact already standing
• 9.045 when the explanation stands close at hand
• 9.065 The elves that were standing
• 9.068 where other elves stood to fend them off with poles,
• 10.010 and buffeted he could hardly stand or stumble
• 10.028 and stood blinking
• 11.006 where the Front Gate stood.
• 11.013 where the Gates of the river stood,
• 11.013 must stand the secret door.
• 11.014 creeping behind a great stone that stood alone like a pillar,
• 11.031 Forgetting all danger he stood on the ledge
• 11.032 the hobbit standing by the grey stone,
• 11.032 but still Bilbo stood almost without moving.
• 12.001 For a long time the dwarves stood
• 12.005 and stood on one leg,
• 12.014 in rows stood great jars
• 12.028 A red light touched the points of standing rocks.
• 12.032 from the valley where the ponies had been standing;
• 13.018 Soon he stood upon the top,
• 13.048 before them stood the broad light of day.
• 13.049 and stood gazing out with dazzled eyes.
• 14.033 (for Bard now stood close beside him)
• 15.032 As they stood pointing
• 15.044 and they advanced until they stood right before the wall at the Gate.
• 15.046 A tall man stood forward,
• 15.055 and trumpeters stood forth
• 16.036 stood up in amazement.
• 16.039 I am willing to let it stand against all my claim,
• 17.001 At a distance he stood
• 17.034 They would stand a siege for weeks,
• 17.041 and stood alone,
• 17.060 He had taken his stand on Ravenhill among the Elves –
• 17.060 in a last desperate stand,
• 18.013 and there stood Gandalf,
• 18.023 The dwarves were making a stand still
• 18.035 though old agreements cannot stand,
• 18.046 and standing on one foot,
• 19.001 where stood the Last
• 19.039 His coat of mail was arranged on a stand

Goblins do it, Dwarves do it especially to put out fires —

• 4.023 and stamped
• 4.033 and stamped.
• 5.030 Then they stamp,
• 6.072 and stamped
• 6.072 and stamped,
• 6.082 and stamped with rage,
• 8.043 who were now simply stamping with impatience down below,
• 8.098 and stamped.
• 13.016 when Bilbo actually began to stamp on the floor,

In addition to First-class, uncommon word, we have the quite common First.

• 1.002 first on one side
• 1.062 and we must have some music first.
• 1.072 And suddenly first one
• 1.119 First I should like to know
• 1.123 The first we heard of it was
• 2.028 At first they had passed through hobbit-lands,
• 2.093 “Who shall we sit on first?”
• 2.094 “Better sit on the last fellow first,” said Bert,
• 3.032 and the first men
• 3.043 that even Elrond should have found this out first,
• 3.045 the Longbeards, and my first ancestor:
• 3.047 “The first day of the dwarves’ New Year,”
• 3.047 the first day of the last moon of Autumn
• 4.031 and first, second,
• 5.009 which startled him at first,
• 5.018 otherwise he would have grabbed first
• 5.024 You ask first,
• 5.030 First they champ,
• 5.035 Said the first eye,
• 5.038 It comes first and follows after,
• 5.082 and get some things first,
• 5.087 Gollum used to wear it at first,
• 5.097 It must tell first.’
• 5.100 then I asked one first.
• 5.130 and cursing almost at his heels at first,
• 6.016 Well, it is the first time that even a mouse
• 7.022 descended from the first men who lived
• 7.069 The big man was frowning at first,
• 7.076 That’s the first time I’ve heard eight called a dozen.
• 7.080 That’s the first time I’ve heard one from ten leave fourteen.
• 7.116 I will answer the second question first,’
• 7.117 And now I think I have answered your first question,
• 7.133 and at first he thought
• 8.023 Who’ll cross first?’ asked Bilbo.
• 8.028 we used at first,
• 8.037 They were at first inclined to be cheered by the change,
• 8.046 the first thing they noticed was
• 8.059 No sooner had the first stepped into the clearing
• 8.060 when Dori, whose turn it was to watch first,
• 8.062 I shall send Mr. Baggins alone first to talk to them.
• 8.078 but obviously he had first of all to look for his friends,
• 8.078 and in what direction he should go first to look for the dwarves.
• 8.086 said the first.
• 8.088 now that he noticed them for the first time dangling
• 8.105 he reached the first bundle.
• 8.107 between them they started to haul up first one dwarf
• 9.023 so let us have a drink first to help the labour.’
• 9.027 First he unlocked Balin’s door,
• 9.050 So they sang as first one barrel
• 9.063 Of course helped by his magic ring he got on very well at first,
• 9.068 slowly at first,
• 10.010 First of all a barrel was cut loose by Bilbo
• 10.043 Then for the first time the Master was surprised
• 11.005 They made their first camp
• 11.019 and at first they tried to use these.
• 12.004 to go into the secret passage first,
• 12.021 since first he came to the Mountain!
• 12.034 blaming him for what had at first so pleased them:
• 12.093 because at first he wanted to try
• 13.006 and Thorin was the first to go forward by Bilbo’s side.
• 13.033 first on one side
• 13.036 Here is the first payment of your reward!
• 13.071 when the first cold stars came out.
• 14.026 and their first complaints
• 14.035 Doubtless they perished first
• 14.042 which had at first been direct towards the Mountain,
• 15.053 first dismiss the elvish host to the woods where it belongs,
• 16.014 rouse me first,
• 16.044 For the first time for many a day
• 17.016 and listen first to what he has to say!’
• 17.050 The elves were the first to charge.
• 17.053 They had only stemmed the first onslaught of the black tide.
• 18.027 and departed with the first light of morning.
• 19.001 It was on May the first
• 19.001 (or the First)
• 19.020 I suppose this is the first taste of it.’

Today’s trivia: the word Hill appears in every chapter of The Hobbit except one. Chapter Ten. Even though we cross “a steep shoulder of land” [10.001] and it takes place in a mountainous region. Hmm.

• 1.002 going fairly but not quite straight into the side of the hill –
• 1.002 The Hill,
• 1.003 in the neighbourhood of The Hill
• 1.004 the small river that ran at the foot of The Hill.
• 1.005 that was to be found either under The Hill or over The Hill or across The Water,
• 1.005 that was to be found either under The Hill or over The Hill or across The Water,
• 1.006 He had not been down that way under The Hill for ages
• 1.006 He had been away over The Hill
• 1.010 and floated away over The Hill.
• 1.013 You might try over The Hill or across The Water.’
• 1.068 of the smoke-rings he had sent up the wind over The Hill.
• 1.070 and very far from his hobbit-hole under The Hill.
• 1.071 in the side of The Hill;
• 1.083 settling on his quiet Hill
• 2.028 Not far ahead were dreary hills,
• 2.030 came rushing down from the hills
• 2.031 above the hills
• 2.036 There was a hill some way off with trees on it,
• 2.039 They came to the hill
• 2.039 Up the hill they went;
• 2.106 the light came over the hill,
• 2.111 They followed the tracks up the hill,
• 3.007 and no valleys and no hills
• 3.050 Chapter IV OVER HILL and UNDER HILL
• 3.050 Chapter IV OVER HILL and UNDER HILL
• 4.033 in the hills or did battle before their walls.
• 5.030 Thirty white horses on a red hill,
• 5.038 It lies behind stars and under hills,
• 6.049 All of a sudden they heard a howl away down hill,
• 7.002 and pinnacles of the hills.
• 7.005 almost a hill of stone,
• 7.010 on the top of the hill of stone
• 7.022 and before the goblins came into the hills out of the North.
• 7.084 when the goblins came down from the hills
• 8.131 in the hills
• 9.018 leading deep into the heart of the hill;
• 9.053 Back to gardens on the hills
• 11.022 and the Hill
• 12.050 I come from under the hill,
• 12.050 and under the hills
• 12.050 and over the hills my paths led.
• 12.070 We came over hill
• 12.070 and under hill,
• 13.038 How they would laugh on the Hill at home!
• 13.065 At length they reached the hill path.
• 14.002 was mostly screened by the low hills
• 14.008 in the hills
• 15.021 in the Iron Hills,
• 15.043 and he began reckoning the distance to the Iron Hills
• 16.004 hurrying from the Iron Hills,
• 16.029 and the dwarves of the Iron Hills?’
• 17.044 and gathered by hill
• 17.044 which divided the Lonely Mountain from the hills behind.
• 17.051 the dwarves of the Iron Hills plunged in,
• 18.023 about their lords upon a low rounded hill.
• 19.028 he could see his own Hill
• 19.032 And trees and hills they long have known.
• 19.037 both under the Hill
• 19.037 and over the Hill,

Beards, gems, and forces of nature — white things figure predominantly in The Lord of the Rings, perhaps not so densely in The Hobbit. We should go to James Tauber’s Digital Tolkien Project… goodness! Check this out! the Project has done exactly what I was wondering! The word white appears 3.87 times per ten thousand words in The Hobbit but more than doubly that dense in the masterwork! The digital Tolkien Project is free to use, an incredible boon to Tolkien scholars. Thanks to James and his team!

• 1.007 over which his long white beard
• 1.031 on the step with a white beard
• 1.035 said Balin with the white beard.
• 1.046 and a white hood were hanging on the pegs,
• 2.027 when up came Gandalf very splendid on a white horse.
• 3.009 The only path was marked with white stones,
• 3.040 and the white light shone through it.
• 4.024 including a jolly sturdy little white fellow
• 4.035 that scattered piercing white sparks all among the goblins.
• 5.030 Thirty white horses on a red hill,
• 7.025 and wide stretches of short white sweet honey-smelling clover.
• 7.092 and in trotted four beautiful white ponies
• 7.093 One bore a white cloth embroidered at the edges
• 7.106 a splash of white on the floor came from the high moon,
• 7.116 green, blue, red, silver-grey, yellow, white;
• 7.133 There was an autumn-like mist white upon the ground
• 8.033 Suddenly on the path ahead appeared some white deer,
• 8.033 a hind and fawns as snowy white as the hart had been dark.
• 8.035 and the white deer that had appeared upon their path,
• 8.071 green and white gems
• 8.133 and white gems;
• 9.053 Through the mist that riseth white
• 10.045 The white oars dipped
• 12.096 was the great white gem,
• 13.009 there was a pale white glint,
• 13.019 the same white gleam had shone before him
• 13.019 of white radiance
• 13.037 and studded about the brim with white gems,
• 13.044 A white glimmer could be seen
• 14.023 his belly glittered white with sparkling fires of gems
• 14.024 white in the sudden dark under the moon.
• 14.025 It twisted the white fog into bending pillars
• 17.008 and white
• 18.053 and looking backward they saw a white sun
• 19.002 The white water flowing,
• 19.003 The moon is far whiter
• 19.006 to a great council of the white wizards,
• 19.010 in a white bed,

It’s not a fancy number, fully of mystery. It’s not even accurate in the teeth rhyme as most adult humans have 32 teeth, though that is variable. What’s not really variable is that the number should be divisible by four for bilateral and top-bottom symmetry. Shall we chalk that up to scansion?

• 5.030 Thirty white horses on a red hill,
• 7.075 The Great Goblin was there with thirty or forty armed guards.
• 8.012 I should have thought it was thirty at least,

For the first several hundred years of its use, grow seems to have referred only to vegetation. If you know my thoughts about the Food graph and the hope I derive from that little uptick at the end, then you can imagine my delight that

…the Forest will grow somewhat more wholesome.

The Hobbit 19.007

Please note that, in chapters 11 through 17, it is not often organic things which grow, but darkness or light, or sounds or discomfort.

• 1.004 because their feet grow natural leathery soles
• 1.005 until Bilbo Baggins was grown up,
• 1.122 Anyway they grew immensely rich
• 1.122 which we never bothered to grow or find for ourselves.
• 2.028 and the roads grew steadily worse.
• 3.008 They were growing anxious,
• 3.008 with flowers growing bright
• 3.012 The air grew warmer as they got lower,
• 3.034 grew refreshed
• 4.003 and danger had grown
• 4.038 growing fainter behind him.
• 5.011 while their eyes grew bigger
• 5.026 And yet never grows?
• 5.101 As suspicion grew
• 5.122 As the count grew he slowed down,
• 6.003 but all the while a very uncomfortable thought was growing inside him.
• 6.045 and over the black tops of those growing lower down
• 6.048 they came suddenly to an opening where no trees grew.
• 7.024 It grew very hot.
• 7.025 all the same kinds growing together as if they had been planted.
• 7.095 but Beorn seemed to be growing drowsy
• 7.096 and the voices seemed to grow far away,
• 7.126 and nuts are about all that grows there fit for food;
• 7.134 Ivy grew on them
• 8.004 before they grew to hate the forest
• 8.036 Nothing wholesome could they see growing
• 8.038 and they grew very weary.
• 8.041 of an enormous oak that grew right out into the path,
• 8.131 and grew fairer
• 8.131 that grew tall
• 9.018 though no vines grew
• 9.029 until his following had grown to twelve –
• 9.061 where the trees on either hand grew thinner.
• 10.001 The day grew lighter
• 10.005 late in the day the shores grew rocky,
• 10.038 and they quickly grew fat
• 10.039 grew stronger every day.
• 11.004 The land about them grew bleak
• 11.019 and they grew terrified, too,
• 11.026 and our beards will grow
• 12.004 may your beard grow ever longer,’
• 12.011 As he went forward it grew
• 12.011 and grew,
• 12.011 This grew to the unmistakable gurgling noise
• 12.031 they could hear the roar of the flying dragon grow
• 12.033 the terror of the dwarves grew less.
• 12.069 Now a nasty suspicion began to grow
• 12.081 and his heels grew properly again:
• 12.090 and his foreboding grew.
• 12.099 Darkness grew deeper
• 12.099 and he grew ever more uneasy.
• 13.018 The light grew smaller
• 13.019 Slowly it grew to a little globe of pallid light.
• 13.032 he grows suddenly bold,
• 13.046 and the grey light grew suddenly more full.
• 14.011 and growing ever huger
• 14.011 before the roar of Smaug’s terrible approach grew loud,
• 14.025 and the wind grew loud
• 15.043 and grew merry;
• 16.003 and he grew afraid,
• 16.003 for as the weariness of the days grew heavier,
• 16.010 may his beard grow ever longer;
• 17.042 Even as Gandalf had been speaking the darkness grew.
• 17.059 And as the valley widened his onset grew ever slower.
• 18.022 and he seemed to have grown almost to giant-size
• 18.038 May your beards never grow thin!’
• 18.049 May your shadow never grow less
• 19.002 Here grass is still growing,
• 19.007 the Forest will grow somewhat more wholesome.

It’s old, it’s clean and classic, it’s formed from the negating particle ne plus ever.

• 1.003 but also because they never had any adventures
• 1.005 The chance never arrived,
• 1.017 and never came undone till ordered?
• 1.090 may the hair on his toes never fall out!
• 1.091 may never return.
• 1.092 At may never return
• 1.122 which we never bothered to grow or find for ourselves.
• 1.123 and never enjoy a brass ring of it.
• 1.124 But we have never forgotten our stolen treasure.
• 1.128 and has never been seen by you since-‘
• 1.130 and he never told me yours;
• 1.132 but he never got near the Mountain.
• 1.134 Never you mind.
• 2.001 (“but with never a thank-you” he thought);
• 2.005 you have never dusted the mantelpiece!”
• 2.019 Bilbo could never remember how he found himself outside,
• 2.028 and sang songs Bilbo had never heard before.
• 2.030 never turning round or taking any notice of the hobbit.
• 2.032 never saying if he was in the adventure
• 2.045 “Never a blinking bit of manflesh
• 2.048 He had read of a good many things he had never seen or done.
• 2.088 “or we’ll never have done.
• 2.101 “I never did.
• 2.102 “That I never did!”
• 2.106 William never spoke
• 2.106 and never move again.
• 2.126 or we shall never get anywhere!”
• 3.002 He had never seen a thing
• 3.008 with a pack on its back would never have come out again.
• 3.012 Bilbo never forgot the way they slithered
• 3.025 although he had never seen them before.
• 3.050 and never a cloud,
• 4.005 Bilbo had never seen or imagined
• 4.034 and never let them see the light again!”
• 5.008 that men have mostly never heard or have forgotten long ago.
• 5.011 and never swam out again,
• 5.012 but never a ripple did he make.
• 5.012 but he took care they never found him out.
• 5.018 (who always spoke to himself through never having anyone else to speak to).
• 5.026 And yet never grows?
• 5.046 Never thirsty, ever drinking,
• 5.046 All in mail never clinking.
• 5.047 who never had anything to do with the water if he could help it.
• 5.081 Never you mind,
• 5.096 But you never guessed my last question,
• 5.097 Never guessed!’ said Gollum.
• 5.117 never, gollum!
• 6.026 never minded explaining his cleverness
• 6.030 (even the hobbit had never forgotten the magic fireworks
• 6.080 But he never leaped.
• 6.085 Bilbo never forgot that flight,
• 6.086 and he had never liked ladders,
• 6.086 (never having had to escape from wolves before).
• 6.099 (Dwarves have never taken to matches even yet.)
• 7.009 Bilbo never saw them again –
• 7.025 Bilbo had never seen anything like them.
• 7.038 Never heard of him,’
• 7.046 as he had never seen half of them before.
• 7.056 who was never very polite.
• 7.088 He never invited people into his house,
• 7.088 and he never invited more than a couple of these to his house at a time.
• 7.147 it is a thousand to one you will never find it again
• 7.147 and never get out of Mirkwood;
• 8.006 were careful never to let their bodies show
• 8.036 they would never have managed it;
• 8.041 Poor Mr. Baggins had never had much practice
• 8.052 I hope I never wake up again.’
• 8.056 if we never got back alive from it,’
• 8.057 and never finding his friends again.
• 8.081 like a patch of midnight that had never been cleared away.
• 8.097 You’ll never catch me up your tree!
• 8.131 that never went to Faerie
• 9.001 but they never found out if they were right.
• 9.002 they never found or counted the hobbit.
• 9.011 never daring to take off his ring,
• 9.011 so he never discovered the ways out of the wood,
• 9.066 some of these are never empty.
• 10.006 Bilbo had never imagined
• 10.014 I hope I never smell the smell of apples again!’ said Fili.
• 10.040 I have never heard what happened
• 10.040 and Bilbo was careful never to become invisible.
• 10.043 He had never thought
• 11.019 and never called or sang,
• 12.015 had never yet come home to him.
• 12.020 He had never felt quite happy about it,
• 12.020 and wondered why he had never blocked it up.
• 12.021 but have never before used or wanted.
• 12.038 Never mind that for the moment!
• 12.043 He had forgotten or had never heard about
• 12.067 Had you never thought of the catch?
• 12.068 He had never bothered to wonder
• 12.068 certainly never how any part of it that might fall to his share
• 12.080 Never laugh at live dragons,
• 12.087 I had never said that
• 12.095 Bilbo wished he had never heard them,
• 12.095 when they declared that they had never thought at all
• 12.096 but they were never delivered or paid for;
• 12.096 had never been made before,
• 13.050 I never expected to be looking out of this door.
• 13.050 And I never expected to be so pleased to see the sun again,
• 14.022 You have never failed me
• 14.043 He would never again return
• 15.017 may his feathers never fall,
• 16.033 I never met such suspicious folk!
• 16.039 personally I never really felt like one –
• 17.017 Never again will I have dealings
• 17.019 and may we never meet again!’
• 18.014 Well I never!
• 18.038 May your beards never grow thin!’
• 18.038 May your memory never fade!’
• 18.049 May your shadow never grow less
• 18.051 and he was never in great danger again.
• 19.029 By caves where never sun has shone,
• 19.029 By streams that never find the sea;
• 19.037 and were never accounted for.
• 19.037 On their side they never admitted