- 08.104 only to meet an old slow wicked fat-bodied spider
This word is not found in the OED, a JRRT original.
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Fasten
- 01.017 that fastened themselves
- 01.114 and he fastened it upon a fine chain
- 08.017 they fastened one of the large iron hooks
- 08.058 and there were torches fastened
- 16.016 fastened his rope,
- 17.054 or fastened vampire-like on the stricken.
Fascinate
Although no longer associated with magic, “fascinate” comes from a Latin root meaning a spell or witchcraft. Specifically, “fascinate” denotes removal of the ability to resist. I heartily recommend Dr. Tom Shippey’s thoughts on riddles and the dance they weave between truth, meaning, and obfuscation. I might need to create our own word – legerdelangue, the sleight-of-words equivalent to legerdemain. And now we know more about the weakness of dragons.
- 12.058 No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk
“fascinate, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 27 July 2015.
Shippey, T. A. “Approaches to Truth in Old English Poetry”. University of Leeds Review 25. 1982. PDF of reprint.
Far-off
- 01.117 and dragons are comfortably far-off
A properly attested word.
“far-off, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/68281. Accessed 13 September 2017.
Far-distant
- 08.074 of his far-distant hobbit-hole
A properly attested OED word.
“far, adv.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/68132. Accessed 13 September 2017.
Fang
- 05.070 a sharp stone to sharpen his fangs on,
Famish
- 06.096 in the meantime we are famished with hunger.’
- 10.010 He had a famished
- 10.027 and famished
Falter
“Falter” may be related to “fold” in the sense of legs folding under unexpectedly.
- 08.029 but they heard the sound of hooves quickly falter
“falter, v.1.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 27 July 2015.
Fair-sized
- 02.047 there were three fair-sized trolls at hand
What would you say is a fair size for a troll? 200kg? 300?
Attested in OED.
“sized, adj.1.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/180593. Accessed 13 September 2017.
Faggot
Meaning, of course, a bundle of small sticks for use as woodfire fuel. Its second meaning in the OED dates from the 1500s, a heretic who was burned alive as punishment.
- 03.015 The faggots are reeking,
“faggot | fagot, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2015. Web. 11 February 2016.
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