- 04.004 in a river-valley;
This OED sub-entry may be hyphenated or not.
“river, n.1.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/166422. Accessed 19 September 2017.
hyphen
River-toll
- 10.018 Except for occasional squabbles about river-tolls
This word is not found in OED.
River-shore
- 06.062 and along the river-shores.
As a sub-entry in the OED, sometimes one word, sometimes two, hyphenated by Tennyson.
“river, n.1.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/166422. Accessed 19 September 2017.
River-door
- 09.052 began to sing a song round the river-door.
No such word in OED.
Riddle-game
I love that in Westron there is a specific name for this game.
- 05.077 that the riddle-game was sacred
The sub-entry for this word is a two-word word, with a space not a hyphen, except in one example … from Tolkien (Fellowship of the Ring). I’m giving him the credit for the hyphenated spelling.
“riddle, n.1.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/165631. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Riddle-competition
I wonder if this is the same word in Westron as riddle-game, and therefore we are see the translator (Tolkien) varying his translation of that word a bit.
- 06.019 in the riddle-competition,
The word is not found in OED.
Red-stained
- 12.013 and silver red-stained
This word is not found in OED.
Red-golden
- 12.013 a vast red-golden dragon,
Yes, indeed. Ruddy, even. And this hyphenated word is attested in OED as a sub-entry.
“red, adj. and n. (and adv.).” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/160134. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Re-sung
- 10.035 To songs of yore re-sung.
Proper with or without hyphens
“resing, v.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/163637. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Raven-messengers
How delightful that this is a separate word. Perhaps the ravens consider it an office or a duty. Have you ever had the sensation that a raven-messenger was addressing you, finally turning away when it is not understood?
- 17.035 (for the raven-messengers had been busy
What about an OED entry, I hear you ask. Yes indeed:
† raven messenger n. Obs. = corbie messenger n. at corbie n. 2.
a1400 (▸a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 1892 Þat messager, men say, Þat duellis lang in his iornay, He may be cald, wid resun clere, An of the rauyns messagere [a1400 Vesp. messagers corbun; a1400 Trin. Cambr. rauenenes messangere].
so we give it the Archaic tag and follow the proffered rabbit-hole…
Oh, my.
2. corbie messenger n. one who returns too late, or not at all: in allusion to the raven in Gen. viii. 7.
This is a completely separate meaning from the sentient, sapient creatures who carried timely messages between Thorin and Dain. I’m giving it the JRRT tag for a brand-new use of a previously employed word.
“corbie, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/41419. Accessed 19 September 2017.
“raven, n.1 and adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/158644. Accessed 19 September 2017.
words that you were saying 