- 07.130 was the gate of a little-known pathway
Hyphenated compound in the OED.
“little, adj., pron., and n., and adv.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/109250. Accessed 15 September 2017.
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Lintel
- 11.014 No sign was there of post or lintel or threshold,
Linger
- 08.124 But it seemed that some good magic lingered
- 08.131 in the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered
- 15.010 of that ancient breed linger here now.’
Limp
- 06.045 They limped along now as fast as they were able
Lightning-flash
- 04.005 in the lightning-flashes,
Attested in the OED.
“lightning, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/108232. Accessed 15 September 2017.
Lightfooted
See our discussion of “Hotfoot and Lightfooted“.
I originally listed this word at “lightfoot”, imagining that “lightfooted” derived from it, but no, “light-footed” has its own OED entry which speaks of the lack of heaviness of the foot in question. It is spelled in the OED examples with a space, a hyphen, or no space between the “light” and “foot” elements.
Having a light foot; treading lightly, active, nimble.
- 14.042 Still elves are lightfooted,
“lightfoot, adj.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2015. Web. 18 February 2016.
“light-footed, adj.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2015. Web. 18 February 2016.
Light-Elves
- 08.131 There the Light-elves and the Deep-elves and the Sea-elves went
As a Middle-earth concept, of course, this does not appear in OED.
Lick
- 02.043 and licking the gravy off their fingers.
- 06.072 till the running fire was licking the fuel piled under the trees.
- 12.029 licking the mountain-sides with flame,
Lichen
- 08.001 and hung with lichen
Lever
- 17.055 moved by levers,
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