- 06.062 and well-armed,
- 15.021 for he has many people well-armed,
Hyphenated in OED.
“well-armed, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/227020. Accessed 21 September 2017.
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Well-behaved
- 08.144 and were reasonably well-behaved even to their worst enemies,
Hyphenated in OED.
“well-behaved, adj. and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/227049. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Arm-chair
- 18.054 in my own arm-chair!’ he said.
The hyphen is not present in OED variant spellings, but it is in the examples.
“armchair, n. and adj.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 5 September 2017.
Well-filled
- 09.062 of a well-filled larder.
Hyphenated in OED.
“well-filled, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/227260. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Well-groomed
- 07.032 and well-groomed,
Hyphenated in OED.
“well-groomed, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/227316. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Well-to-do
- 01.003 This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit,
Hyphenated in OED.
“well-to-do, adj. and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/227649. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Apple-tart
- 01.053 and apple-tart,’ said Bifur.
As simple as apple slices wrapped in pastry, as complex as the exotic spices you might choose to add. I generally don’t add sugars to apple-based sweets and let the delicious fruit’s own sweetness shine. Can you tell I come from apple country? I hope you do, too!
Once again, OED does not list the hyphen in the spellings, but does have it in the samples from 1700s and 1800s. Now I’m hungry.
“apple, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 5 September 2017.
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Wide-armed
- 07.014 and down the lines of the wide-armed oaks
Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.
“wide, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/228891. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Wide-sweeping
- 13.048 and round a wide-sweeping turn –
Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.
“wide, adv.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/228893. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Wine-barrel
- 09.037 Some of them were wine-barrels,
These words do not properly concatenate with a hyphen, according to the good folks at OED. This is another Tolkien invention – so subtle as to never distract from the action, enough to remind us we are reading a translation.
Hyphenated in its mention in the OED.
“wine, n.1.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/229302. Accessed 21 September 2017.
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