The ordinal compass points are properly hyphenated.
- 07.130 and then bore to the north-west.
- 11.003 They made north-west,
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Noble-hearted
- 06.068 and noble-hearted.
This sub-entry is not entered in OED without the hyphen!
“noble, adj. and n.1.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/127485. Accessed 19 September 2017.
No-legs
- 05.053 No-legs lay on one-leg,
- 05.054 no-legs’ was not so very difficult,
This invention is not found in the OED.
Ninepins
Even Roman legionnaires and ancient Egyptians rolled balls at small standing targets!
- 08.092 shooting at the wand, bowls, ninepins
New-hewn
- 15.031 and the Gate blocked with a wall of new-hewn stone.
This word is found nowhere in the OED.
Never-varying
- 12.007 going with a gentle never-varying slope direct –
This word is a single word, a hyphenated word, and a two-word word in the examples of its sub-entry in OED.
“never, adv. and int.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/126487. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Necklace
- 01.076 On silver necklaces they strung
- 12.096 the necklace of Girion,
- 15.039 On silver necklaces they strung
- 18.046 and he brought out a necklace of silver and pearls
Mountain-wall
- 15.028 from the mountain-wall
This one appears as a two-word entry, but without hyphens in the example. I’m giving it the JRRT tag.
“mountain, n. and adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/122893. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Mountain-top
- 12.022 and settled on the mountain-top
Mountain-top has both hyphenated and unhyphenated examples in OED.
“mountain, n. and adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/122893. Accessed 19 September 2017.
Mountain-stream
- 03.026 as mountain-streams do of a summer evening,
- 06.039 and he drank from a small mountain-stream that crossed the path,
This word has a proper sub-entry in OED, where it is both hyphenated and not.
“mountain, n. and adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/122893. Accessed 19 September 2017.
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