A Tolkien English Glossary: A Guide to Old Uncommon and Achaic Words Used in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (1) by Oliver Loo

Author:Oliver Loo [Loo, Oliver]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3
Publisher: Oliver Loo
Published: 2010-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

Book IV, Chapter 5

The Window on the West

lapped

673

To fold over or about something; wrap or wind around something; also, to infold or inwrap in something, hence, to surround or envelop; also, to lay (something) partly over something underneath.

... it seemed to me as it passed under my gaze that it was almost filled with clear water, from which came the light; and lapped in the water a warrior lay asleep.

hence

675

From here, away from this place, or to a distance.

... we must move hence without more delay.'

stead

677

The proper or appointed place of a person or thing; hence, the place or room of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute.

... we reckon back our line to Mardil, the good steward, who ruled in the king's stead when he went away to war.

writ

677

Something written, or a writing.

… there are moreover in our treasuries many things preserved: books and tablets writ on withered parchments, yea, and on stone, and on leaves of silver and of gold, in divers characters.

divers

677

Different in kind, character, etc.; unlike; also, of various kinds of forms; multiform.

See text above to writ.

flitting

679

To move lightly and swiftly; to shift position; move; to fly, dart or skim along.

He soon became aware also that though they walked alone, there were many men close at hand: not only Damrod and Mablung flitting in and out of the shadows ahead, but others on either side….

ilex

679

The holm-oak; also, any tree or shrub of the aquifoliaceous genus Ilex; holly.

... it was that same stream that trickled far above out of the round pool, now grown to a swift torrent, leaping down over many stones in a deep-cloven bed, overhung with ilex and dark box-woods.

victuals

681

Of or for sustenance. Food or provisions, usually for human beings.

… the hobbits saw that the cave was larger than they guessed and was filled with great store of arms and victuals.

trestles

681

A frame used as a support, consisting typically of a horizontal beam or bar fixed at each end to a pair of spreading legs; sometimes, the whole frame which supports the top of a table.

Light tables were taken from the walls and set up on trestles ….

broached

682

To pierce as with a spit; tap (a cask, etc.); draw (liquor, etc.) as by tapping; break into for the purpose of taking out something.

A cask of wine was broached.

dotage

684

The condition of one who dotes; feebleness of mind, esp. resulting form old age; senility.

…so it was in Gondor that brought about its own decay, falling by degrees info dotage, and thinking that the enemy was asleep, who was only banished not destroyed.

still

684

Remaining in place or at rest; motionless, stationary.

'Death was ever present, because the Númenoreans still….

aghast

688

Struck with horror and amazement; filled with consternation.

`Sam! ' cried Frodo aghast.

wayworn

689

Worn or wearied by travel.

... you are far from home and wayworn.

dissemble

689

To conceal the real nature of; to let pass unnoticed; to give a false impression; conceal one's motives. Etc., under some pretense.

He could dissemble and resist no longer.

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