- 12.013 and silver red-stained
This word is not found in OED.
word
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.
Raft-steerer
- 10.009 and voices hailed the raft-steerers.
This one is not found in OED.
Raft-men
Are these not the same people as the “raft-elves” mentioned in chapter 9? I find this use of “men” very odd.
- 10.030 than the raft-men of the elves
- 10.033 not to the raft-men of the king.’
This OED entry uses hyphens or not in the examples.
“raft, n.1.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/157397. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Raft-elves
- 09.064 and the raft-elves would soon be steering it off
This word is, of course, not found in OED. Tolkien uses it separately from “rafters”
Rabbit-hole
- 01.094 and went down a rabbit-hole,
Can be hyphenated or not, according to OED.
“rabbit hole, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/270279. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Rabbit-cropped
- 06.040 the patches of rabbit-cropped turf,
This very specific word is not found in OED.
Post-office
Did the Shire have post-offices? or is this the voice of the translator JRRT naming a familiar place because Bilbo named something which the audience would have no idea about?
- 04.017 as well as you do to the nearest post-office;
Hyphenated or not, according to OED.
“post office, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/148624. Accessed 19 September 2017.
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