In order to wrestle properly with the hyphenated directions like North-east, I feel it necessary to first document our four cardinal directions in the work.  The directions are usually capitalized. I have emboldened those cases in which they are not – many of those instances are a direction of movement, we might substitute “northward”, but several are not.  They do cluster interestingly in Chapters 7 and 11.

• 01.097 to the East of East
• 01.105 You see that rune on the West side,
• 01.114 We thought of going East,
• 01.115 if I know anything about the roads East,’
• 01.116 through the great cliff at the South of the Mountain,
• 01.122 our family was driven out of the far North,
• 01.122 who lived to the South,
• 01.122 and the toy market of Dale was the wonder of the North.
• 01.123 in the North in those days,
• 01.123 with the dwarves flying south or getting killed,
• 01.123 and came south.
• 01.123 a noise like a hurricane coming from the North,
• 01.140 Well, I should say that you ought to go East
• 02.030 and mountains in the north.
• 02.117 and jogged along again on the path towards the East.
• 03.003 in the East
• 03.007 to find the Last Homely House west of the Mountains.
• 03.032 in the North.
• 03.032 and heroes of the North for ancestors,
• 03.035 very old swords of the High Elves of the West,
• 04.002 in the West,04.004 when storms come up from East
• 04.004 and West
• 04.031 who live on the East side
• 06.034 we are too far to the North,
• 06.062 bold men had of late been making their way back into it from the South,
• 07.011 Indeed we are now a good deal further east
• 07.012 You are still some miles north of the path
• 07.022 and before the goblins came into the hills out of the North.
• 07.043 we were coming out of the Lands over West into these countries –
• 07.045 It faced south
• 07.055 away east beyond Mirkwood,’ put in Gandalf,
• 07.055 that lies to the south of your country,
• 07.094 in the West
• 07.094 that lay outstretched far to North
• 07.094 and South a day’s ride before them,
• 07.094 barring their way to the East,
• 07.100 The wind went on from West to East;
• 07.100 The wind went on from West to East;
• 07.117 except from the west over the river,
• 07.117 on the east side of the Misty Mountains,
• 07.130 at the east of his fenced lands
• 07.130 they turned north
• 07.130 to the south of his land.
• 07.130 that joined the great river miles south of the Carrock.
• 07.130 been far to the south of the Lonely Mountain,
• 07.130 North of the Carrock
• 07.130 for at a place a few days’ ride due north of the Carrock
• 07.131 for a hundred miles north of the Carrock
• 07.131 they will cross the river to the south
• 07.131 Still you are safer going north,
• 07.132 The sun had only just turned west when they started,
• 07.133 in the East
• 07.142 some pressing business away south;
• 07.151 two hundred miles or so out of your way north,
• 07.151 and twice that south.
• 07.151 in the North
• 07.151 in the South,
• 07.151 high in the East,
• 07.153 and rode down into the West.
• 08.032 going by to the north of the path,
• 08.131 They differed from the High Elves of the West,
• 08.131 in the West.
• 09.011 and in the lands to the East.
• 09.018 and joined the Forest River some way further to the east,
• 09.018 in the South,
• 09.053 South away! and South away!
• 09.061 and tubs away to the north bank,
• 10.003 as the roads out of the East towards Mirkwood vanished
• 10.003 that flowed east;
• 10.003 in the North
• 10.006 with another sweep towards the East
• 10.007 that came up the great river from the South
• 10.007 in the North was rich
• 10.009 Soon men would come up from the South
• 10.023 and Mr. Baggins who has travelled with us out of the West.’
• 10.045 and off they went north up the lake
• 11.006 to spy out the land to the South
• 11.013 in the South
• 11.013 Two of these here thrust forward west
• 11.014 which turned north across the face of the Mountain.
• 11.021 and stare away west through the opening,
• 11.028 or out west through the narrow opening.
• 11.029 As the sun turned west
• 12.029 when Smaug came hurtling from the North,
• 12.102 towards the west of the Mountain,
• 12.104 and went away south
• 13.024 Which is East, South, North, or West?’
• 13.055 The river loops suddenly east
• 13.065 and saw the wintry sun going downwards to the West.
• 13.066 but backed to the North by a rocky face
• 13.066 From that door there was a wide view East
• 13.066 and South
• 13.066 and West.
• 13.071 They looked West
• 13.071 and East there was nothing,
• 13.071 and in the South there was no sign of the dragon,
• 14.002 for the breeze was from the black East
• 14.002 the Running River came down from the North.
• 14.005 It is long since he went North.
• 14.025 and drove it off to the West to scatter
• 14.036 and go North with any that will follow me.’
• 14.038 with which to buy rich things from the South;
• 14.040 the news had passed west
• 14.044 north to the Mountain.
• 15.001 Their companies came flying from the South;
• 15.014 in the South –
• 15.015 and to Dale from South
• 15.015 and East
• 15.015 and West,
• 15.021 in the mountains of the North,
• 15.021 both west from here
• 15.021 and east,
• 15.028 and sent them back riderless to the South.
• 15.029 away south
• 15.033 That day the camp was moved to the east of the river,
• 16.026 in the West
• 17.031 The next day the wind shifted west,
• 17.040 it came from the North,
• 17.041 Bolg of the North is coming,
• 17.044 for they resolved now to win the dominion of the North.
• 17.044 and beneath the great mountain Gundabad of the North,
• 17.044 in time of storm unawares upon the South.
• 17.044 and came thus at last on a sudden from the North
• 17.045 that struck south
• 17.045 and east.
• 17.048 to gain a view to the North.
• 17.062 and a red sunset slashed the West.
• 17.064 from all the eyries of the North.
• 18.019 child of the kindly West.
• 18.024 and such as fled south or west
• 18.024 that three parts of the goblin warriors of the North
• 18.043 to the north of the place where the Forest River ran out.
• 19.006 in the south of Mirkwood.
• 19.007 The North will be freed
• 19.019 in the West before them,
• 19.043 and from South and West,

I dedicate the entry for this common word to Professor Verlyn Flieger, in honor of her gracious inspiration to all scholars.  It’s a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, all of long lineage from Old English to Old Norse, but the OED says, ultimately, “of unknown origin”.

I am particularly enchanted by the use of the word in 07.022 – “In the name of all wonder…”  In Gandalf’s mind, at least, “all wonder” fits nicely into a phrase where we might call upon deity.

• 01.017 Not the fellow who used to tell such wonderful tales at parties,
• 01.046 and wondered what had happened,
• 01.046 while he was wondering
• 01.058 and was beginning to wonder
• 01.122 and the toy market of Dale was the wonder of the North.
• 01.125 I have often wondered about my father’s
• 02.054 and wondering how to make owl-noises
• 02.072 who was wondering where
• 03.020 Most astonishing wonderful!
• 03.036 I wonder?” said Thorin
• 05.001 he wondered if he had;
• 05.008 and recover wonderfully from falls
• 05.013 but he was wondering a lot about Bilbo,
• 05.084 very wonderful.
• 05.105 I wonder?’ he said to himself,
• 05.119 and wonder.
• 06.003 He wondered whether he ought not,
• 06.006 and wondering
• 06.024 and the hobbit wondered if he guessed
• 06.087 and wondered if he could hold on any longer.
• 06.090 He wondered what other nonsense he had been saying,
• 06.092 He had just strength to wonder
• 07.022 and in the name of all wonder don’t mention the word furrier
• 07.046 wondering what their names could be,
• 07.093 for the convenience of the wonderful animals
• 07.107 Bilbo wondered what it was,
• 07.113 waited on by Beorn’s wonderful animals,
• 07.122 nor did they have to wonder long where he had been or why he was so nice to them,
• 08.041 All the time he was wondering whether there were spiders
• 08.078 and he stood a long while wondering
• 08.125 Indeed they really expected him to think of some wonderful plan for helping them,
• 08.129 They wondered what evil fate had befallen him,
• 08.145 he began to wonder what had become of his unfortunate friends.
• 09.021 and wondered if it could be used for the escape of his friends,
• 09.044 Small wonder if I fall asleep from weariness!’
• 09.045 Small wonder,’
• 09.051 He wondered what on earth would happen to them without him;
• 09.057 Bilbo wondered what the dwarves were feeling
• 09.058 and he wondered if he would die of it before the luck turned,
• 10.036 The Wood-elves themselves began to wonder greatly
• 10.043 and he wondered if Thorin was
• 11.031 wondering what on earth was the matter;
• 12.015 in the days when all the world was wonderful.
• 12.020 and wondered why he had never blocked it up.
• 12.068 He had never bothered to wonder
• 12.076 and wonderful, indeed,’
• 12.096 They wondered
• 13.013 Now I wonder what on earth
• 13.039 and he began to wonder nervously
• 13.056 I wonder how many breakfasts,
• 13.071 and wondered;
• 14.020 in wonder
• 15.049 yet he had an eye for many another wonderful thing
• 16.003 wondering what would happen,
• 16.036 whose eyes were used to things of wonder and beauty,
• 16.040 The Elvenking looked at Bilbo with a new wonder.
• 16.040 But I wonder if Thorin Oakenshield will see it so.
• 16.046 and wondered anxiously
• 17.003 Wondering,
• 17.010 But wonder overcame him
• 17.065 Many wondering eyes looked up,
• 18.002 Now I wonder what has happened?’
• 18.014 I began to wonder if even your luck would see you through!
• 19.037 it was a great deal more than a nine days’ wonder.

“wonder, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017. Web. 5 September 2017.