- 04.016 big goblins, great ugly-looking goblins, lots of goblins,
Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.
“ugly, adj., adv., and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208564. Accessed 21 September 2017.
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Under-covering
- 12.076 of his peculiar under-covering on his previous visit,
Hyphenated in OED.
“ˈunder-ˌcovering, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/211532. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Under-Hill
- 01.083 of Bag-End, Under-Hill, again.
- 12.068 was to be brought back all the way to Bag-End Under-Hill.
- 19.036 of Bag-End, Underhill, Hobbiton.
It is a word, albeit rare, in OED, meaning “small hill”.
“ˈunder-hill, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/211729. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Banner-bearers
- 15.055 the banner-bearers returned,
Hyphenated exactly thus in OED.
“banner, n.1.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 5 September 2017.
Valley-side
- 03.011 and there was a light on the valley-side across the water.
hyphenated in its OED sub-entry.
“valley, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/221220. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Vampire-like
- 17.054 or fastened vampire-like on the stricken.
Not a word in OED.
Bag-End
- 01.083 and very quickly he was plain Mr. Baggins of Bag-End,
- 12.008 from Bag-End long ago.
- 12.068 was to be brought back all the way to Bag-End Under-Hill.
- 19.036 of Bag-End, Underhill, Hobbiton.
It’s the name of something, therefore JRRT can call it anything he likes… yet since it bears a hyphen, we shall put it under scrutiny. OED says there’s no such word, hyphenated or not. As we know, it’s the proper English pronunciation of cul-de-sac.
UPDATE: 2021.10.21 Yes, indeed, it is hyphenated thusly in The Annotated Hobbit revised and expanded edition annotated by Douglas A. Anderson. Someone implored me to be very certain indeed. In fact, I can’t find it unhyphenated in the work at all. But the caution is well-merited! According to Richard Blackwelder, Bag End is never hyphenated in The Lord of the Rings.
Walking-stick
- 01.070 that they had left among the walking-sticks.
- 01.083 and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
- 02.019 a walking-stick or any money,
Hyphenated in the examples in OED.
Bad-hearted
- 04.025 and bad-hearted.
This hyphenated word is a straightforward OED entry under “bad”.
“bad, adj., n.2, and adv.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 5 September 2017.
Back-door
- 05.115 It’s off to the back-door.
- 05.115 To the back-door,
- 05.123 This is the way to the back-door,
- 06.030 except that Gandalf knew all about the back-door,
Given in OED as “backdoor” with the hyphenated version in the examples.
“backdoor, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 5 September 2017.
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