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The Lord of the Ring Quotes A & B
A

Adelard Took
Inside in the hall there was piled a large assortment of packages and parcels and small articles of furniture. On every item there was a label tied. There were several labels of this sort:
For ADELARD TOOK, for his VERY OWN, from Bilbo, on an umbrella. Adelard had carried off many unlabelled ones. ... Page 48, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Angelica
For ANGELICA’S use, from Uncle Bilbo, on a round convex mirror. She was a young Baggins, and too obviously considered her face shapely. Page 48, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Adventure
Bilbo Baggins had made the words, to a tune that was as old as the hills, and taught it to Frodo as they walked in the lanes of the Water-valley and talked about Adventure. Page 102, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Age
...an adventure which later involved all the Hobbits in the great events of that Age that are here related. Page 1, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Ai
'Ai! ai!' wailed Legolas. 'A Balrog! A Balrog is come!' Page 432, The Bridge Of Khazad-dûm, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Aiglos
...I was at the Battle of Dagorlad before the Black Gate of Mordor, where we had the mastery: for the Spear of Gil-galad and the Sword of Elendil, Aiglos and Narsil, none could withstand.... (Elrond)Page 318, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Amon Hen
Aragorn led them to the right arm of the River. Here upon its western side under the shadow of Tol Brandir a green lawn ran down to the water from the feet of Amon Hen.... Page 519, The Breaking Of The Fellowship, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Amon Lhaw
'Behold Tol Brandir!' said Aragorn, pointing south to the tall peak. 'Upon the left stands Amon Lhaw, and upon the right is Amon Hen the Hills of Hearing and of Sight. In the days of the great kings there were high seats upon them, and watch was kept there. But it is said that no foot of man or beast has ever been set upon Tol Brandir. Ere the shade of night falls we shall come to them. I hear the endless voice of Rauros calling.' Page 517, The Great River, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Amon Sul
...But long before, in the first days of the North Kingdom, they built a great watch-tower on Weathertop, Amon Sul they called it.... (Strider)Page 244, A Knife In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Amroth
...Amroth beheld the fading shore
Now low beyond the swell,
And cursed the faithless ship that bore
Him far from Nimrodel. ... (Legolas) Page 446, Lothlórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

An
An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo
ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë,
ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë;
ar sindanóriello caita mornië
i falmalinnar imbë met, ar hísië
untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë.
Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar! ... (Galadriel) Page 496, Farewell To Lórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Anárion
...Then Elendil the Tall and his mighty sons, Isildur and Anárion, became great lords; and the North-realm they made in Arnor, and the South-realm in Gondor above the mouths of Anduin.... Page 318, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Anborn
He went forward a short way and Anborn came softly behind him.
"Go on!" he breathed in Frodo's ear. "Have a care to your right. If you fall in the pool, then no one but your fishing friend can help you. And forget not that there are bowmen near at hand, though you may not see them." Page 686, The Forbidden Pool, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Ancalagon the Black
...Not even the anvils and furnaces of the Dwarves could do that. It has been said that dragon-fire could melt and consume the Rings of Power, but there is not now any dragon left on earth in which the old fire is hot enough; nor was there ever any dragon, not even Ancalagon the Black, who could have harmed the One Ring, the Ruling Ring, for that was made by Sauron himself. (Gandalf) Page 80, The Shadow Of The Past, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Ancient World
...'An evil of the Ancient World it seemed, such as I have never seen before,' said Aragorn. 'It was both a shadow and a flame, strong and terrible.' Page 467, The Mirror Of Galadriel, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Ancient Tongue
‘Be careful, friends!’ cried Gildor laughing. ‘Speak no secrets! Here is a scholar in the Ancient Tongue. Bilbo was a good master. Hail, Elf-friend!’ he said, bowing to Frodo. Page 107, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Anduin
...It is clear, nonetheless, from these legends, and from the evidence of their peculiar words and customs, that like many other folk Hobbits had in the distant past moved westward. Their earliest tales seem to glimpse a time when they dwelt in the upper vales of Anduin, between the eaves of Greenwood the Great and the Misty Mountains. Page 3, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Andúnë
Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen,
yéni unótimë ve rámar aldaron!
Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier
mi oromardi lisse-miruvóreva
Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar
nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
ómaryo airetári-lírinen. ... Page 496, Farewell To Lórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover) (Galadriel)

Andúril
...And Aragorn gave it a new name and called it Andúril, Flame of the West. Page 363, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Andy
He breathed with relief when he was safely across. 'Live and learn! as my gaffer used to say. Though he was thinking of gardening, not of roosting like a bird, nor of trying to walk like a spider. Not even my uncle Andy ever did a trick like that!' (Sam) Page 454, Lothlórien, The
Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Angle, the
'As was agreed, I shall here blindfold the eyes of Gimli the Dwarf. The other may walk free for a while, until we come nearer to our dwellings, down in Egladil, in the Angle between the waters.' (Haldir) Page 455, Lothlórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Angmar
...While there was still a king they were in name his subjects, but they were, in fact, ruled by their own chieftains and meddled not at all with events in the world outside. To the last battle at Fornost with the Witch-lord of Angmar they sent some bowmen to the aid of the king, or so they maintained, though no tales of Men record it... (Hobbits) Page 6, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

ann-thennath
Strider sighed and paused before he spoke again. ‘That is a song,' he said, 'in the mode that is called ann-thennath among the Elves, but is hard to render in our Common Speech, and this is but a rough echo of it. It tells of the meeting of Beren son of Barahir and Lúthien Tinúviel. Page 255, A Knife In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Annon
He stepped up to the rock again, and lightly touched with his staff the silver star in the middle beneath the sign of the anvil.
Annon edhellen, edro hi ammen!
Fennas nogothrim, lasto beth lammen!
he said in a commanding voice. The silver lines faded, but the blank grey stone did not stir. (Gandalf) Page 403, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Annúminas
...'In the North after the war and the slaughter of the Gladden Fields the Men of Westernesse were diminished, and their city of Annúminas beside Lake Evendim fell into ruin; and the heirs of Valandil removed and dwelt at Fornost on the high North Downs, and that now too is desolate.... (Elrond) Page 320, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Anor
'You cannot pass,' he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. 'I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.' (Gandalf) 433, The Bridge Of Khazad-dûm, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Appledore
...The Men of Bree seemed all to have rather botanical (and to the Shire-folk rather odd) names, like Rushlight, Goatleaf, Heathertoes, Appledore, Thistlewool and Ferny (not to mention Butterbur).... Page 205, At The Sign Of The Prancing Pony, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Aragorn (son of Arathorn)
...And my search would have been in vain, but for the help that I had from a friend: Aragorn, the greatest traveller and huntsman of this age of the world.... (Gandalf) Page 77, The Shadow Of The Past, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'But I am the real Strider, fortunately,' he said, looking down at them with his face softened by a sudden smile. 'I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.' Page 226, Strider, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

"Because Aragorn is descended in direct lineage, father to father, from Isildur Elendil's son himself. And the sword that he bears was Elendil's sword." (Frodo) Page 664, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Archet
...Besides Bree itself, there was Staddle on the other side of the hill, Combe in a deep valley a little further eastward, and Archet on the edge of the Chetwood.... Page 197, At The Sign Of The Prancing Pony, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Argonath
'So it has been for many lives of men. But the Lords of Minas Tirith still fight on, defying our enemies, keeping the passage of the River from Argonath to the Sea.... (Elrond) Page 321, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Arnor
...And in those days also they forgot whatever languages they had used before, and spoke ever after the Common Speech, the Westron as it was named, that was current through all the lands of the kings from Arnor to Gondor, and about all the coasts of the Sea from Belfalas to Lune. (Hobbits) Page 5, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Arwen
So it was that Frodo saw her whom few mortals had yet seen; Arwen, daughter of Elrond, in whom it was said that the likeness of Luthien had come on earth again; and she was called Undomiel, for she was the Evenstar of her people.... Page 298, Many Meetings, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Arvernien
...It seemed to be the voice of Bilbo chanting verses. Faint at first and then clearer ran the words.
Earendil was a mariner
that tarried in Arvernien;
he built a boat of timber felled
in Nimbrethil to journey in;
her sails he wove of silver fair,
of silver were her lanterns made,
her prow was fashioned like a swan,
and light upon her banners laid.... Page 306, Many Meetings, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Asfaloth
'Ride on! Ride on!' cried Glorfindel, and then loud and clear he called to the horse in the elf-tongue: noro lim, noro lim, Asfaloth! Page 280, Flight To The Ford, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Ash
'And if that is not proof enough, Galdor, there is the other test that I spoke of. Upon this very ring which you have here seen held aloft, round and unadorned, the letters that Isildur reported may still be read, if one has the strength of will to set the golden thing in the fire a while. That I have done, and this I have read:
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul' (Gandalf) Page 333, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Athelas
'It is fortunate that I could find it, for it is a healing plant that the Men of the West brought to Middle-earth. Athelas they named it, and it grows now sparsely and only near places where they dwelt or camped of old; and it is not known in the North, except to some of those who wander in the Wild. It has great virtues, but over such a wound as this its healing powers may be small.' (Strider) Page 261, Flight To The Ford, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Authorities, the
The Authorities, it is true, differ whether this last question was a mere 'question' and not a 'riddle' according to the strict rules of the Game; but all agree that, after accepting it and trying to guess the answer, Gollum was bound by his promise. And Bilbo pressed him to keep his word;... Page 15, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Azanulbizar
'There the Misty Mountains divide, and between their arms lies the deep-shadowed valley which we cannot forget: Azanulbizar, the Dimrill Dale, which the Elves call Nanduhirion.' (Gimli) Page 371-372, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

B

Bag End
He returned to his home at Bag End on June the 22nd in his fifty-second year (S.R. 1342), and nothing very notable occurred in the Shire until Mr. Baggins began the preparations for the celebration of his hundred-and-eleventh birthday (S.R. 1401). At this point this History begins. Page 18, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Baggins
...In the end, gathering his courage, he leaped over Gollum in the dark, and fled away down the passage, pursued by his enemy's cries of hate and despair: Thief, thief! Baggins! We hates it for ever! Page 16-17, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bagshot Row
...The three hobbit-families of Bagshot Row, adjoining the field, were intensely interested and generally envied. Old Gaffer Gamgee stopped even pretending to work in his garden. Page 34, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'There's some devilry at work in the Shire,' he said. 'Elrond knew what he was about when he wanted to send Mr. Merry back.' Then suddenly Sam gave a cry and sprang away. 'I can't stay here,' he said wildly. 'I must go home. They've dug up Bagshot Row, and there's the poor old gaffer going down the Hill with his bits of things on a barrow. I must go home!' Page 476, The Mirror Of Galadriel, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Balin
... At last, however, Balin listened to the whispers, and resolved to go; and though Dain did not give leave willingly, he took with him Ori and Oin and many of our folk, and they went away south.... (Glóin) Page 315, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'I shall be glad,' said Gimli. 'I have looked on Moria, and it is very great, but it has become dark and dreadful; and we have found no sign of my kindred. I doubt now that Balin ever came here.' Page 418, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'You speak of what you do not know, when you liken Moria to the stronghold of Sauron,' answered Gandalf. 'I alone of you have ever been in the dungeons of the Dark Lord, and only in his older and lesser dwelling in Dol Guldur. Those who pass the gates of Barad-dûr do not return. But I would not lead you into Moria if there were no hope of coming out again. If there are Orcs there, it may prove ill for us, that is true. But most of the Orcs of the Misty Mountains were scattered or destroyed in the Battle of Five Armies. The Eagles report that Orcs are gathering again from afar; but there is a hope that Moria is still free. 'There is even a chance that Dwarves are there, and that in some deep hall of his fathers, Balin son of Fundin may be found. However it may prove, one must tread the path that need chooses!' Page 389, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Balrog
'Ai! ai!' wailed Legolas. 'A Balrog! A Balrog is come!'
Gimli stared with wide eyes. 'Durin's Bane!' he cried, and letting his axe fall he covered his face.
'A Balrog,' muttered Gandalf. 'Now I understand.' He faltered and leaned heavily on his staff. 'What an evil fortune! And I am already weary.' Page 432-433, The Bridge Of Khazad-dûm, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Bamfurlong
‘I know these fields and this gate!’ he said. ‘This is Bamfurlong, old Farmer Maggot’s land. That’s his farm away there in the trees.’ (Pippin) Page 120, A Short Cut To Mushrooms, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bandobras Took (Bullroarer)
According to th e Red Book, Bandobras Took (Bullroarer), son of Isengrim the Second, was four foot five and able to ride a horse. He was surpassed in all Hobbit records only by two famous characters of old; but that curious matter is dealt with in this book. Page 2, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'I wish I had taken Elrond's advice,' muttered Pippin to Sam. 'I am no good after all. There is not enough of the breed of Bandobras the Bullroarer in me: these howls freeze my blood. I don't ever remember feeling so wretched.' Page 391, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Barad-dûr
'You speak of what you do not know, when you liken Moria to the stronghold of Sauron,' answered Gandalf. 'I alone of you have ever been in the dungeons of the Dark Lord, and only in his older and lesser dwelling in Dol Guldur. Those who pass the gates of Barad-dûr do not return. But I would not lead you into Moria if there were no hope of coming out again. If there are Orcs there, it may prove ill for us, that is true. But most of the Orcs of the Misty Mountains were scattered or destroyed in the Battle of Five Armies. The Eagles report that Orcs are gathering again from afar; but there is a hope that Moria is still free. 'There is even a chance that Dwarves are there, and that in some deep hall of his fathers, Balin son of Fundin may be found. However it may prove, one must tread the path that need chooses!' Page 389, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

...Fire glowed amid the smoke. Mount Doom was burning, and a great reek rising. Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black, immeasurably strong, mountain of iron, gate of steel, tower of adamant, he saw it: Barad-dur, Fortress of Sauron. All hope left him. Page 527, The Breaking Of The Fellowship, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Barahir
...and there was added to it an abbreviated version of those parts of The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen which lie outside the account of the War. The full tale is stated to have been written by Barahir, grandson of the Steward Faramir, some time after the passing of the King... Page 20, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Baraz
'I need no map,' said Gimli, who had come up with Legolas, and was gazing out before him with a strange light in his deep eyes. 'There is the land where our fathers worked of old, and we have wrought the image of those mountains into many works of metal and of stone, and into many songs and tales. They stand tall in our dreams: Baraz, Zirak, Shathûr. Page 371, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Barazinbar
'Only once before have I seen them from afar in waking life, but I know them and their names, for under them lies Khazad-dûm, the Dwarrowdelf, that is now called the Black Pit, Moria in the Elvish tongue. Yonder stands Barazinbar, the Redhorn, cruel Caradhras; and beyond him are Silvertine and Cloudyhead: Celebdil the White, and Fanuidhol the Grey, that we call Zirakzigil and Bundushathûr. Page 371, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Barliman Butterbur
'Tom will give you good advice, till this day is over (after that your own luck must go with you and guide you): four miles along the Road you'll come upon a village, Bree under Bree-hill, with doors looking westward. There you'll find an old inn that is called The Prancing Pony. Barliman Butterbur is the worthy keeper. There you can stay the night, and afterwards the morning will speed you upon your way. Be bold, but wary! Keep up your merry hearts, and ride to meet your fortune!' Page 195, Fog On The Barrow-Downs, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'"Ass! Fool! Thrice worthy and beloved Barliman!" said I. "It's the best news I have had since midsummer: it's worth a gold piece at the least. May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years!" said I. "Now I can take a night's rest, the first since I have forgotten when." (Gandalf) Page 346, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'"Butterbur they call him," thought I. "If this delay was his fault, I will melt all the butter in him. I will roast the old fool over a slow fire." He expected no less, and when he saw my face he fell down flat and began to melt on the spot.' Page 345, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Barrow-downs
As the sun rose and passed noon they glimpsed far off in the east the grey-green lines of the Downs that lay beyond the Old Forest on that side. That cheered them greatly; for it was good to see a sight of anything beyond the wood’s borders, though they did not mean to go that way, if they could help it: the Barrow-downs had as sinister a reputation in hobbit-legend as the Forest itself. Page 150, The Old Forest, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Barrow-wights
...Then suddenly he knew that he was imprisoned, caught hopelessly; he was in a barrow. A Barrow-wight had taken him, and he was probably already under the dreadful spells of the Barrow-wights about which whispered tales spoke. Page 185, Fog On The Barrow-Downs, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Battle of Five Armies
...Yet, though before all was won the Battle of Five Armies was fought, and Thorin was slain, and many deeds of renown were done, the matter would scarcely have concerned later history, or earned more than a note in the long annals of the Third Age, but for an 'accident' by the way.... Page 14, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'You speak of what you do not know, when you liken Moria to the stronghold of Sauron,' answered Gandalf. 'I alone of you have ever been in the dungeons of the Dark Lord, and only in his older and lesser dwelling in Dol Guldur. Those who pass the gates of Barad-dûr do not return. But I would not lead you into Moria if there were no hope of coming out again. If there are Orcs there, it may prove ill for us, that is true. But most of the Orcs of the Misty Mountains were scattered or destroyed in the Battle of Five Armies. The Eagles report that Orcs are gathering again from afar; but there is a hope that Moria is still free. 'There is even a chance that Dwarves are there, and that in some deep hall of his fathers, Balin son of Fundin may be found. However it may prove, one must tread the path that need chooses!' Page 389, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Battle of Greenfields
...The last battle, before this story opens, and indeed the only one that had ever been fought within the borders of the Shire, was beyond living memory: the Battle of Greenfields, S.R. 1147, in which Bandobras Took routed an invasion of Orcs.... Page 7, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Battle of the Peak
"There was none to see, or perhaps in after ages songs would still be sung of the Battle of the Peak." Suddenly Gandalf laughed. "But what would they say in song? Those that looked up from afar thought that the mountain was crowned with storm. Thunder they heard, and lightning, they said, smoted upon Celebdil, and leaped back broken into tongues of fire." Page 502, The White Rider, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Bay of Belfalas
...And when the wind is in the South the voice of Amroth comes up from the sea; for Nimrodel flows into Silverlode, that Elves call Celebrant, and Celebrant into Anduin the Great, and Anduin flows into the Bay of Belfalas whence the Elves of Lórien set sail. But neither Nimrodel nor Amroth ever came back. Page 447, Lothlórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bearer
'Things have changed since you came north, Boromir,' answered Gandalf. 'Did you not hear what I told you of Saruman? With him I may have business of my own ere all is over. But the Ring must not come near Isengard, if that can by any means be prevented. The Gap of Rohan is closed to us while we go with the Bearer. Page 388, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Beleriand
Thereupon Elrond paused a while and sighed. 'I remember well the splendour of their banners,' he said. 'It recalled to me the glory of the Elder Days and the hosts of Beleriand, so many great princes and captains were assembled. And yet not so many, nor so fair, as when Thangorodrim was broken, and the Elves deemed that evil was ended for ever, and it was not so.' Page 318, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

"Come! Let us see what Sting can do. It is an elven-blade. There were webs of horror in the dark ravines of Beleriand where it was forged." (Frodo) Page 722, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Belfalas
...And in those days also they forgot whatever languages they had used before, and spoke ever after the Common Speech, the Westron as it was named, that was current through all the lands of the kings from Arnor to Gondor, and about all the coasts of the Sea from Belfalas to Lune.... Page 5, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

belt of pearl and crystal
'Also there is this!' said Bilbo, bringing out a parcel which seemed to be rather heavy for its size. He unwound several folds of old cloth, and held up a small shirt of mail. It was close-woven of many rings, as supple almost as linen, cold as ice, and harder than steel. It shone like moonlit silver, and was studded with white gems. With it was a belt of pearl and crystal. Page 364, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Beornings
'Indeed it is,' said Gimli. 'Why it is better than the honey-cakes of the Beornings, and that is great praise, for the Beornings are the best bakers that I know of; but they are none too willing to deal out their cakes to travellers in these days. You are kindly hosts!' Page 485-486, Farewell To Lórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

But everywhere he looked he saw the signs of war. The Misty Mountains were crawling like anthills: orcs were issuing out of a thousand holes. Under the boughs of Mirkwood there was deadly strife of Elves and Men and fell beasts. The land of the Beornings was aflame; a cloud was over Moria; smoke rose on the borders of Lórien. Page 526, The Breaking Of The Fellowship, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

beth
He stepped up to the rock again, and lightly touched with his staff the silver star in the middle beneath the sign of the anvil.

Annon edhellen, edro hi ammen!
Fennas nogothrim, lasto beth lammen!

he said in a commanding voice. The silver lines faded, but the blank grey stone did not stir. (Gandalf) Page 403, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Beren
'But it is a heavy burden. So heavy that none could lay it on another. I do not lay it on you. But if you take it freely, I will say that your choice is right; and though all the mighty elf-friends of old, Hador, and Hurin, and Turin, and Beren himself were assembled together your seat should be among them.' (Elrond) Page 355, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Big Folk
...What sort of a fellow was he? says I to the Gaffer. I don’t know, says he; but he wasn’t a hobbit. He was tall and black-like, and he stooped over me. I reckon it was one of the Big Folk from foreign parts. He spoke funny. Page 100, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Big People
‘But what has one of the Big People got to do with us?’ said Pippin. ‘And what is he doing in this part of the world?’ Page 100, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bilbo
Now it is a curious fact that this is not the story as Bilbo first told it to his companions. To them his account was that Gollum had promised to give him a present, if he won the game; but when Gollum went to fetch it from his island he found the treasure was gone: a magic ring, which had been given to him long ago on his birthday..... Page 17, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bilbo's Birthday Party
Some people were rather shocked; but Frodo kept up the custom of giving Bilbo’s Birthday Party year after year until they got used to it. He said that he did not think Bilbo was dead. When they asked: ‘Where is he then?’ he shrugged his shoulders. Page 55-56, The Shadow Of The Past, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bill
'Bill, my lad,' he said, 'you oughtn't to have took up with us. You could have stayed here and et the best hay till the new grass comes.' Bill swished his tail and said nothing. (Sam) Page 368, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'But you can't leave poor old Bill behind in this forsaken place, Mr. Gandalf!' cried Sam, angry and distressed. 'I won't have it, and that's flat. After he has come so far and all!' Page 398, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Sam, clinging to Frodo's arm, collapsed on a step in the black darkness. 'Poor old Bill!' he said in a choking voice. 'Poor old Bill! Wolves and snakes! But the snakes were too much for him. I had to choose, Mr. Frodo. I had to come with you.' Page 406, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Black Breath
"I am afraid that's true," said Merry, "though I don't know what I said. I had an ugly dream, which I can't remember. I went to pieces. I don't know what came over me."
"I do,' said Strider. "The Black Breath." Page 173, Strider, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Black chap
‘What about the smelling, sir?’ said Sam. ‘And the Gaffer said he was a black chap.’ Page 101, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Black fellow
...“Now what in the Shire can he want?” I thought to myself. We don’t see many of the Big Folk over the border; and anyway I had never heard of any like this black fellow. (farmer Maggot) Page 123, A Short Cut To Mushrooms, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Black Gate
'There is little need to tell of them,' said Aragorn. 'If a man must needs walk in sight of the Black Gate, or tread the deadly flowers of Morgul Vale, then perils he will have. I, too, despaired at last, and I began my homeward journey. And then, by fortune, I came suddenly on what I sought: the marks of soft feet beside a muddy pool.... Page 332, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Black Hand
"Yes, He has only four on the Black Hand, but they are enough" said Gollum shuddering. "And He hated Isildur's city." Page 641, The Black Gate is Closed, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Black Land
'No, I hope not tonight,' answered Tom Bombadil; 'nor perhaps the next day. But do not trust my guess; for I cannot tell for certain. Out east my knowledge fails. Tom is not master of Riders from the Black Land far beyond his country.' Page 194, Fog On The Barrow-Downs, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Black Pit
'Only once before have I seen them from afar in waking life, but I know them and their names, for under them lies Khazad-dûm, the Dwarrowdelf, that is now called the Black Pit, Moria in the Elvish tongue. Yonder stands Barazinbar, the Redhorn, cruel Caradhras; and beyond him are Silvertine and Cloudyhead: Celebdil the White, and Fanuidhol the Grey, that we call Zirakzigil and Bundushathûr. Page 371, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Black Rider
‘Don’t let us go too far!’ said Frodo. ‘I don’t want to be seen, but I want to see if it is another Black Rider.’ Page 104, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Black Years
‘How, how on earth did it come to me?’ ‘Ah!’ said Gandalf. ‘That is a very long story. The beginnings lie back in the Black Years, which only the lore-masters now remember. If I were to tell you all that tale, we should still be sitting here when Spring had passed into Winter. Page 67, The Shadow Of The Past, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

...Out of the Black Years come the words that the Smiths of Eregion heard, and knew that they had been betrayed:

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to
bring them all and in the Darkness bind them.

Page 333, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)



Blanco
For it was in the one thousand six hundred and first year of the Third Age that the Fallohide brothers, Marcho and Blanco, set out from Bree; and having obtained permission from the high king at Fornost*, they crossed the brown river Baranduin with a great following of Hobbits. Page 5, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Blue, the
But in the meantime, the general opinion in the neighbourhood was that Bilbo, who had always been rather cracked, had at last gone quite mad, and had run off into the Blue. There he had undoubtedly fallen into a pool or a river and come to a tragic, but hardly an untimely, end. The blame was mostly laid on Gandalf. Page 55, The Shadow Of The Past, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Blue Mountain
...There were, however, dwarves on the road in unusual numbers. The ancient East-West Road ran through the Shire to its end at the Grey Havens, and dwarves had always used it on their way to their mines in the Blue Mountains. They were the hobbits’ chief source of news from distant parts – if they wanted any: as a rule dwarves said little and hobbits asked no more.... Page 57, The Shadow Of The Past, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

bollards
...The white bollards near the water’s edge glimmered in the light of two lamps on high posts....Page 129, The Conspiracy Unmasked, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bonfire Glade
‘Well, well!’ he said. ‘These trees do shift. There is the Bonfire Glade in front of us (or I hope so), but the path to it seems to have moved away!’ Page 147, The Old Forest, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Book of Mazarbul
Gandalf raised his head and looked round. 'They seem to have made a last stand by both doors,' he said; 'but there were not many left by that time. So ended the attempt to retake Moria! It was valiant but foolish. The time is not come yet. Now, I fear, we must say farewell to Balin son of Fundin. Here he must lie in the halls of his fathers. We will take this book, the Book of Mazarbul, and look at it more closely later. You had better keep it, Gimli, and take it back to Dáin, if you get a chance. It will interest him, though it will grieve him deeply. Come, let us go! The morning is passing.' Page 423, The Bridge Of Khazad-dûm, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Boom
Gandalf had hardly spoken these words, when there came a great noise: a rolling Boom that seemed to come from depths far below, and to tremble in the stone at their feet. They sprang towards the door in alarm. Doom, doom it rolled again, as if huge hands were turning the very caverns of Moria into a vast drum. Then there came an echoing blast: a great horn was blown in the hall, and answering horns and harsh cries were heard further off. There was a hurrying sound of many feet. Page 424, The Bridge Of Khazad-dûm, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Borgil
Away high in the East swung Remmirath, the Netted Stars, and slowly above the mists red Borgil rose, glowing like a jewel of fire.... Page 108, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Boromir
'Here,' said Elrond, turning to Gandalf, 'is Boromir, a man from the South. He arrived in the grey morning, and seeks for counsel. I have bidden him to be present, for here his questions will be answered.' Page 314, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

"Know, little strangers, that Boromir son of Denethor was High Warden of the White Tower, and our Captain-General: sorely do we miss him." (Faramir) Page 658, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

"If it were a thing that gave advantage in battle, I can well believe that Boromir, the proud and fearless, often rash, ever anxious for the victory of Minas Tirith (and his own glory therein), might desire such a thing and be allured by it." (Faramir) Page 671, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Boromir's horn
"One thing only I missed: his horn. One thing only I knew not: a fair belt, as it were of linked golden leaves, about his waist. Boromir! I cried. Where is thy horn? Whither goest thou? O Boromir! But he was gone.” (Faramir) Page 666, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Bounders
At the time when this story begins the Bounders, as they were called, had been greatly increased. There were many reports and complaints of strange persons and creatures prowling about the borders, or over them: the first sign that all was not quite as it should be, and always had been except in tales and legends of long ago.... Page 14 , Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bracegirdles
‘Ever since Bilbo left I have been deeply concerned about you, and about all these charming, absurd, helpless hobbits. It would be a grievous blow to the world, if the Dark Power overcame the Shire; if all your kind, jolly, stupid Bolgers, Hornblowers, Boffins, Bracegirdles, and the rest, not to mention the ridiculous Bagginses, became enslaved.’ Page 64, The Shadow Of The Past, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Brandy Hall
Sometimes, as in the case of the Tooks of Great Smials, or the Brandybucks of Brandy Hall, many generations of relatives lived in (comparative) peace together in one ancestral and many-tunnelled mansion. Page 9-10, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Brandybuck
‘You’ll live to regret it, young fellow! Why didn’t you go too? You don’t belong here; you’re no Baggins – you – you’re a Brandybuck!’ (Lobelia) Page 51, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Brandywine
Thus began the Shire-reckoning, for the year of the crossing of the Brandywine (as the Hobbits turned the name) became Year One of the Shire, and all later dates were reckoned from it.* Page 6, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'And one Hobbit!' cried Merry. 'Not all of us look on boats as wild horses. My people live by the banks of the Brandywine.' Page 483, Farewell To Lórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Brandywine Bridge
Forty leagues it stretched from the Far Downs to the Brandywine Bridge, and fifty from the northern moors to the marshes in the south.... Page 6, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bree
...Most of their earlier settlements had long disappeared and been forgotten in Bilbo's time; but one of the first to become important still endured, though reduced in size; this was at Bree and in the Chetwood that lay round about, some forty miles east of the Shire. Page 5, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bregalad
Bregalad stood for some time surveying the hobbits solemnly; and they looked at him, wondering when he would show any signs of 'hastiness'. He was tall, and seemed to be one of the younger Ents; he had smooth shining skin on his arms and legs; his lips were ruddy, and his hair was grey-green. Page 482, Treebeard, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Bridge
'It is grim reading,' he said. 'I fear their end was cruel. Listen! We cannot get out. We cannot get out. They have taken the Bridge and second hall. Frár and Lóni and Náli fell there. Then there are four lines smeared so that I can only read went 5 days ago. The last lines run the pool is up to the wall at Westgate. The Watcher in the Water took Óin. We cannot get out. The end comes, and then drums, drums in the deep. I wonder what that means. The last thing written is in a trailing scrawl of elf-letters: they are coming. There is nothing more.' Gandalf paused and stood in silent thought. Page 423, The Bridge Of Khazad-dûm, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bridge of Stonebows
They passed over the Bridge of Stonebows, that had been built in the days of the power of the North Kingdom, and they took all the land beyond to dwell in, between the river and the Far Downs. Page 5-6, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Brockhouses
My dear Bagginses and Boffins, he began again; and my dear Tooks and Brandybucks, and Grubbs, and Chubbs, and Burrowses, and Hornblowers, and Bolgers, Bracegirdles, Goodbodies, Brockhouses and Proudfoots.... (Bilbo) Page38, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Brown Lands
...They had come to the Brown Lands that lay, vast and desolate, between Southern Mirkwood and the hills of the Emyn Muil. What pestilence or war or evil deed of the Enemy had so blasted all that region even Aragorn could not tell. Page 499-500, The Great River, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Buck Hill
...Behind loomed up the Buck Hill; and out of it, through stray shrouds of mist, shone many round windows, yellow and red.... Page 129, The Conspiracy Unmasked, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bucklebury
Since Meriadoc and Peregrin became the heads of their great families, and at the same time kept up their connexions with Rohan and Gondor, the libraries at Bucklebury and Tuckborough contained much that did not appear in the Red Book.... Page 20, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bucklebury Ferry
...For Frodo was going on foot. His plan – for pleasure and a last look at the Shire as much as any other reason – was to walk from Hobbiton to Bucklebury Ferry, taking it fairly easy. Page 90-91, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Budgeford in Bridgefields
Fond as he was of Frodo, Fatty Bolger had no desire to leave the Shire, nor to see what lay outside it. His family came from the Eastfarthing, from Budgeford in Bridgefields in fact, but he had never been over the Brandywine Bridge.... Page 142, The Conspiracy Unmasked, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bumpkin
Hey! now! Come hoy now! Whither do you wander?
Up, down, near or far, here, there or yonder?
Sharp-ears, Wise-nose, Swish-tail and Bumpkin,
White-socks my little lad, and old Fatty Lumpkin! (Tom Bombadil) Page 190, Fog On The Barrow-Downs, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bundushathûr
'Only once before have I seen them from afar in waking life, but I know them and their names, for under them lies Khazad-dûm, the Dwarrowdelf, that is now called the Black Pit, Moria in the Elvish tongue. Yonder stands Barazinbar, the Redhorn, cruel Caradhras; and beyond him are Silvertine and Cloudyhead: Celebdil the White, and Fanuidhol the Grey, that we call Zirakzigil and Bundushathûr. Page 371, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Burden
'We may remain there for a while and make a brave stand; but the Lord Denethor and all his men cannot hope to do what even Elrond said was beyond his power: either to keep the Burden secret, or to hold off the full might of the Enemy when he comes to take it. Which way would any of us choose in Frodo's place? I do not know. Now indeed we miss Gandalf most.' (Aragorn) Page 529, The Breaking Of The Fellowship, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

burzum-ishi
'And if that is not proof enough, Galdor, there is the other test that I spoke of. Upon this very ring which you have here seen held aloft, round and unadorned, the letters that Isildur reported may still be read, if one has the strength of will to set the golden thing in the fire a while. That I have done, and this I have read:

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk,
agh burzum-ishi krimpatul..'

Page 333, The Council Of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Burrowses
There were many Bagginses and Boffins, and also many Tooks and Brandybucks; there were various Grubbs (relations of Bilbo Baggins’ grandmother), and various Chubbs (connexions of his Took grandfather); and a selection of Burrowses, Bolgers, Bracegirdles, Brockhouses, Goodbodies, Hornblowers and Proudfoots. Page 36-37, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Bywater
Tongues began to wag in Hobbiton and Bywater; and rumour of the coming event travelled all over the Shire. The history and character of Mr. Bilbo Baggins became once again the chief topic of conversation; and the older folk suddenly found their reminiscences in welcome demand. Page 28, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'Hi!' cried Sam in an outraged voice. 'There's that Ted Sandyman a-cutting down trees as he shouldn't. They didn't ought to be felled: it's that avenue beyond the Mill that shades the road to Bywater. I wish I could get at Ted, and I'd fell him!' Page 476, The Mirror Of Galadriel, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

[Raisins]

The Lord of the Ring Quotes C - N

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cairn
'I wonder,' said Strider, looking round thoughtfully. 'Even if he was a day or two behind us at Bree, he could have arrived here first. He can ride very swiftly when need presses.' Suddenly he stooped and looked at the stone on the top of the cairn; it was flatter than the others, and whiter, as if it had escaped the fire. He picked it up and examined it.... 'This has been handled recently,' he said. 'What do you think of these marks?'
On the flat under-side Frodo saw some scratches:  Page 247, A Knife In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

cake
'Cram,' he said under his breath, as he broke off a crisp corner and nibbled at it. His expression quickly changed, and he ate all the rest of the cake with relish. 'No more, no more!' cried the Elves laughing. 'You have eaten enough already for a long day's march.' (Gimli) Page 485, Farewell To Lórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Calacirian
...

He tarried there from errantry,
and melodies they taught to him,
and sages old him marvels told,
and harps of gold they brought to him.
They clothed him then in elven-white,
and seven lights before him sent,
as through the Calacirian
to hidden land forlorn he went.
He came unto the timeless halls
where shining fall the countless years,
and endless reigns the Elder King
in Ilmarin on Mountain sheer;
and words unheard were spoken then
of folk of Men and Elven-kin,
beyond the world were visions showed
forbid to those that dwell therein.

... Page 308-309, Many Meetings, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Calaciryo

...An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo
ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë,
ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë;
ar sindanóriello caita mornië
i falmalinnar imbë met, ar hísië
untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë.
Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!

...
(Galadriel)Page 496, Farewell To Lórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Candles of corpses
"Yes they are all around us," he whispered. "The tricksy lights. Candles of corpses, yes, yes. Don't you heed them! Don't look! Don't follow them! Where's the master?" (Gollum) Page 627, The Passage of the Marshes, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

cap
...When they caught a glimpse of the country westward the distant Forest seemed to be smoking, as if the fallen rain was steaming up again from leaf and root and mould. A shadow now lay round the edge of sight, a dark haze above which the upper sky was like a blue cap, hot and heavy. Page 180, Fog On The Barrow-downs, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Captain Frodo
‘Good! That’s settled. Three cheers for Captain Frodo and company!’ they shouted; and they danced round him. Merry and Pippin began a song, which they had apparently got ready for the occasion. It was made on the model of the dwarf-song that started Bilbo on his adventure long ago, and went to the same tune:

Farewell we call to hearth and hall!
Though wind may blow and rain may fall,
We must away ere break of day
Far over wood and mountain tall.

To Rivendell, where Elves yet dwell
In glades beneath the misty fell,
Through moor and waste we ride in haste,
And whither then we cannot tell.

With foes ahead, behind us dread,
Beneath the sky shall be our bed,
Until at last our toil be passed,
Our journey done, our errand sped.

We must away! We must away!
We ride before the break of day!

Page 139-140, A Conspiracy Unmasked, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Caradhras (the Cruel)
'Only once before have I seen them from afar in waking life, but I know them and their names, for under them lies Khazad-dûm, the Dwarrowdelf, that is now called the Black Pit, Moria in the Elvish tongue. Yonder stands Barazinbar, the Redhorn, cruel Caradhras; and beyond him are Silvertine and Cloudyhead: Celebdil the White, and Fanuidhol the Grey, that we call Zirakzigil and Bundushathûr. Page 371, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'It is for the Dimrill Dale that we are making,' said Gandalf.
'If we climb the pass that is called the Redhorn Gate, under the far side of Caradhras, we shall come down by the Dimrill Stair into the deep vale of the Dwarves. There lies the Mirrormere, and there the River Silverlode rises in its icy springs.' Page 372, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

'Caradhras was called the Cruel, and had an ill name, said Gimli, 'long years ago, when rumour of Sauron had not been heard in these lands.' Page 379, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Carn Dûm
'What in the name of wonder?' began Merry, feeling the golden circlet that had slipped over one eye. Then he stopped, and a shadow came over his face, and he closed his eyes. 'Of course, I remember!' he said. 'The men of Carn Dûm came on us at night, and we were worsted. Ah! the spear in my heart!' He clutched at his breast. 'No! No!' he said, opening his eyes. 'What am I saying? I have been dreaming. Where did you get to, Frodo?' Page 189, Fog On The Barrow-downs, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

cat
There was loud and long applause. Frodo had a good voice, and the song tickled their fancy. 'Where's old Barley?' they cried. 'He ought to hear this. Bob ought to learn his cat the fiddle, and then we'd have a dance.' They called for more ale, and began to shout: 'Let's have it again, master! Come on now! Once more!' Page 211, At The Sign Of The Prancing Pony, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

cavalry
At that moment there came a roaring and a rushing: a noise of loud waters rolling many stones. Dimly Frodo saw the river below him rise, and down along its course there came a plumed cavalry of waves. White flames seemed to Frodo to flicker on their crests and he half fancied that he saw amid the water white riders upon white horses with frothing manes. Page 282, Flight To The Fords, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Celebdil
"Thunder they heard, and lightning they said, smote upon Celebdil, and leaped back broken into tongues of fire. Is not that enough? A great smoke rose about us, vapour and steam. Ice fell like rain. I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin." (Gandalf) Page 502, The White Rider, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

They rose and looked about them. Northward the dale ran up into a glen of shadows between two great arms of the mountains, above which three white peaks were shining: Celebdil, Fanuidhol, Caradhras, the Mountains of Moria...Page 436, Lothlórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Celeborn
...It is probable that Meriadoc obtained assistance and information from Rivendell, which he visited more than once. There, though Elrond had departed, his sons long remained, together with some of the High-elven folk. It is said that Celeborn went to dwell there after the departure of Galadriel; but there is no record of the day when at last he sought the Grey Havens, and with him went the last living memory of the Elder Days in Middle-earth. Page 21, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Celebrant
...for Nimrodel flows into Silverlode, that Elves call Celebrant, and Celebrant into Anduin the Great, and Anduin flows into the Bay of Belfalas whence the Elves of Lórien set sail. But neither Nimrodel nor Amroth ever came back. Page 447, Lothlórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Celebrimbor of Hollin
'The words are in the elven-tongue of the West of Middle-earth in the Elder Days,' answered Gandalf. 'But they do not say anything of importance to us. They say only: The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter. And underneath small and faint is written: I, Narvi, made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs.' Page 400, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Cerin Amroth
'Behold! You are come to Cerin Amroth,' said Haldir. 'For this is the heart of the ancient realm as it was long ago, and here is the mound of Amroth, where in happier days his high house was built. Here ever bloom the winter flowers in the unfading grass: the yellow elanor, and the pale niphredil. Here we will stay awhile, and come to the city of the Galadhrim at dusk.' Page 459, Lothórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

They entered the circle of white trees. As they did so the South Wind blew upon Cerin Amroth and sighed among the branches. Frodo stood still, hearing far off great seas upon beaches that had long ago been washed away, and sea-birds crying whose race had perished from the earth. Page 460, Lothlórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Chamber of Mazarbul
'We drove out orcs from the great gate and guard – I think; the next word is blurred and burned; probably room – we slew many in the bright – I think – sun in the dale. Flói was killed by an arrow. He slew the great. Then there is a blur followed by Flói under grass near Mirror mere. The next line or two I cannot read. Then comes We have taken the twentyfirst hall of North end to dwell in. There is I cannot read what. A shaft is mentioned. Then Balin has set up his seat in the Chamber of Mazarbul.'
'The Chamber of Records,' said Gimli. 'I guess that is where we now stand.' Page 422, The Bridge Of Khazad-dûm, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Chamber of Record
'We drove out orcs from the great gate and guard – I think; the next word is blurred and burned; probably room – we slew many in the bright – I think – sun in the dale. Flói was killed by an arrow. He slew the great. Then there is a blur followed by Flói under grass near Mirror mere. The next line or two I cannot read. Then comes We have taken the twentyfirst hall of North end to dwell in. There is I cannot read what. A shaft is mentioned. Then Balin has set up his seat in the Chamber of Mazarbul.'
'The Chamber of Records,' said Gimli. 'I guess that is where we now stand.' Page 422, The Bridge Of Khazad-dûm, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Chetwood
...Most of their earlier settlements had long disappeared and been forgotten in Bilbo's time; but one of the first to become important still endured, though reduced in size; this was at Bree and in the Chetwood that lay round about, some forty miles east of the Shire. Page 5, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Chubbs
My dear Bagginses and Boffins, he began again; and my dear Tooks and Brandybucks, and Grubbs, and Chubbs, and Burrowses, and Hornblowers, and Bolgers, Bracegirdles, Goodbodies, Brockhouses and Proudfoots. ‘ProudFEET!’ shouted an elderly hobbit from the back of the pavilion. His name, of course, was Proudfoot, and well merited; his feet were large, exceptionally furry, and both were on the table. Page 38, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

clip-clop
Maggot jumped down and stood holding the ponies’ heads, and peering forward into the gloom. Clip-clop, clip-clop came the approaching rider. The fall of the hoofs sounded loud in the still, foggy air. Page 127, A Short Cut To Mushrooms, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

clop
It was five miles or more from Maggot’s lane to the Ferry. The hobbits wrapped themselves up, but their ears were strained for any sound above the creak of the wheels and the slow clop of the ponies’ hoofs. The waggon seemed slower than a snail to Frodo. Beside him Pippin was nodding towards sleep; but Sam was staring forwards into the rising fog. Page 127, A Short Cut To Mushrooms, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


clop-clop
Clop-clop, clop-clop. The rider was nearly on them. Page 127, A Short Cut To Mushrooms, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

cobwebs
...After riding for about an hour, slowly and without talking, they saw the Hedge looming suddenly ahead. It was tall and netted over with silver cobwebs.
‘How are you going to get through this?’ asked Fredegar.
‘Follow me!’ said Merry, ‘and you will see.’... Page 144, The Old Forest, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Combe
Bree was the chief village of the Bree-land, a small inhabited region, like an island in the empty lands round about. Besides Bree itself, there was Staddle on the other side of the hill, Combe in a deep valley a little further eastward, and Archet on the edge of the Chetwood. Lying round Bree-hill and the villages was a small country of fields and tamed woodland only a few miles broad. Page 197, AT The Sign Of The Prancing Pony, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Common Language
'Welcome!' the Elf then said again in the Common Language, speaking slowly... Page 449, Lothlórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Common Speech
And in those days also they forgot whatever languages they had used before, and spoke ever after the Common Speech, the Westron as it was named, that was current through all the lands of the kings from Arnor to Gondor, and about all the coasts of the Sea from Belfalas to Lune. Yet they kept a few words of their own, as well as their own names of months and days, and a great store of personal names out of the past. Page 5, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Common Tongue
‘I cannot read the fiery letters,’ said Frodo in a quavering voice.
‘No,’ said Gandalf, ‘but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough:

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Page 66, The Shadow Of The Past, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Company (the)
All day the Company remained in hiding. The dark birds passed over now and again; but as the westering Sun grew red they disappeared southwards... Page 375, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

copper
‘Trust me to arrange things better than that!’ said Merry.
‘We can’t begin life at Crickhollow with a quarrel over baths. In that room there are three tubs, and a copper full of boiling water. There are also towels, mats and soap. Get inside, and be quick!’ Page 133, Conspiracy Unmasked, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

cottage
‘Enter, good guests!’ she said, and as she spoke they knew that it was her clear voice they had heard singing. They came a few timid steps further into the room, and began to bow low, feeling strangely surprised and awkward, like folk that, knocking at a cottage door to beg for a drink of water, have been answered by a fair young elf-queen clad in living flowers. But before they could say anything, she sprang lightly up and over the lily-bowls, and ran laughing towards them; and as she ran her gown rustled softly like the wind in the flowering borders of a river. (Goldberry) Page 163, In The House Of Tom Bombadil, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Council of Elrond
Suddenly as they were talking a single clear bell rang out. 'That is the warning bell for the Council of Elrond,' cried Gandalf. 'Come along now! Both you and Bilbo are wanted.' Page 313, The Council of Elrond, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Council of the Wise
Gandalf paused. ‘And there in the dark pools amid the Gladden Fields,’ he said, ‘the Ring passed out of knowledge and legend; and even so much of its history is known now only to a few, and the Council of the Wise could discover no more. But at last I can carry on the story, I think. Page 69, The Shadow Of The Past, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

cow
'Dear Bilbo!' said Frodo sleepily. 'I wonder where he is. I wish he was here and could hear all about it. It would have made him laugh, The cow jumped over the Moon! And the poor old troll!' With that he fell fast asleep. Page 295, Many Meetings, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Cracks of Doom
'There is only one way: to find the Cracks of Doom in the depths of Orodruin, the Fire-mountain, and cast the Ring in there, if you really wish to destroy it, to put it beyond the grasp of the Enemy for ever.’ Page 81, The Shadow Of The Past, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

‘But you cannot see very far,’ said Gandalf. ‘Neither can I. It may be your task to find the Cracks of Doom; but that quest may be for others: I do not know. At any rate you are not ready for that long road yet.’ Page 87, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Cram
'Cram,' he said under his breath, as he broke off a crisp corner and nibbled at it. His expression quickly changed, and he ate all the rest of the cake with relish. 'No more, no more!' cried the Elves laughing. 'You have eaten enough already for a long day's march.' (Gimli) Page 485, Farewell To Lórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Crickhollow
As a matter of fact with Merry’s help he had already chosen and bought a little house at Crickhollow in the country beyond Bucklebury. To all but Sam he pretended he was going to settle down there permanently. The decision to set out eastwards had suggested the idea to him; for Buckland was on the eastern borders of the Shire, and as he had lived there in childhood his going back would at least seem credible. Page 88, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Crown of Durin
'O Kheled-zâram fair and wonderful!' said Gimli. 'There lies the Crown of Durin till he wakes. Farewell!' He bowed, and turned away, and hastened back up the green-sward to the road again. Page 438, Lothlórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

cushions
'Frodo Baggins at your service and your family's,' said Frodo correctly, rising in surprise and scattering his cushions. 'Am I right in guessing that you are the Glóin, one of the twelve companions of the great Thorin Oakenshield?' Page 299, Many Meetings, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

customer
‘Then you haven’t seen him?’ said the farmer. ‘He went up the lane towards the causeway not a long while back. He was a funny customer and asking funny questions. But perhaps you’ll come along inside, and we’ll pass the news more comfortable.' Page 122, A Short Cut To Mushrooms, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

D

Damrod
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, all making their swift secret way to some appointed place. Page 672, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Dark Tower
"Delay plays into the Enemy's hands - and here I am: delayed. Is it the will of the Dark Tower that steers us? All of my choices have proved ill." (Frodo) Page 604, The Taming of Smeagol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Death Down
Men believed that the orcs whom they had slain were buried there; but whether those who had fled into the wood were with them, none could say, for no man ever set foot upon that hill. The Death Down it was afterwards called, and no grass would grow there. Page 553, The Road to Isengard, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Dead Marshes
"There are dead things, dead faces in the water," he said with horror. "Dead faces!" (Sam)
Gollum laughed. "The Dead Marshes, yes, yes: that is their name," he cackled. Pages 627-628, The Passage of the Marshes, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

"Yes, yes," said Gollum. "All dead, all rotten. Elves and Men and Orcs. The Dead Marshes. There was a great battle long ago, yes, so they told him when Smeagol was young, when I was young before the Precious came." Page 628, The Passage of the Marshes, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Dimrill Dale
'It is for the Dimrill Dale that we are making,' said Gandalf.
'If we climb the pass that is called the Redhorn Gate, under the far side of Caradhras, we shall come down by the Dimrill Stair into the deep vale of the Dwarves. There lies the Mirrormere, and there the River Silverlode rises in its icy springs.' Page 372, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Dol Guldur
'You speak of what you do not know, when you liken Moria to the stronghold of Sauron,' answered Gandalf. 'I alone of you have ever been in the dungeons of the Dark Lord, and only in his older and lesser dwelling in Dol Guldur. Those who pass the gates of Barad-dûr do not return. But I would not lead you into Moria if there were no hope of coming out again. If there are Orcs there, it may prove ill for us, that is true. But most of the Orcs of the Misty Mountains were scattered or destroyed in the Battle of Five Armies. The Eagles report that Orcs are gathering again from afar; but there is a hope that Moria is still free. 'There is even a chance that Dwarves are there, and that in some deep hall of his fathers, Balin son of Fundin may be found. However it may prove, one must tread the path that need chooses!' Page 389, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Doriath
There agelong she had dwelt, an evil thing in spider-form, even such as once of old had lived in the Land of the Elves in the West that is now under the Sea, such as Beren fought in the Mountains of Terror in Doriath, and so came to Luthien upon the green sward amid the hemlocks in the moonlight long ago. Page 723, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

E

Elf-Country
"Smeagol smells it!" he said. "Leaves out of the Elf-country, gah! They stinks." Page 622, The Passage of the Marshes, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Elvenhome
"For as you may know, if Mithrandir was your companion and you have spoken with Elrond, the Edain, the Fathers of the Númenóreans, fought beside the Elves in the first wars, and was rewarded by the gift of the kingdom in the midst of the Sea, within sight of Elvenhome." (Faramir) Page 679, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Emyn Muil
It was the third evening since they had fled from the Company, as far as they could tell: they had almost lost count of the hours during which they had climbed and laboured among the barren slopes and stones of the Emyn Muil,... Page 603, The Taming of Smeagol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Ents
'Round and round the rock of Orthanc the Ents went striding and storming like a howling gale, breaking pillars, hurling avalanches of boulders down the shafts, tossing up huge slabs of stone into the air like leaves. The tower was in the middle of a spinning whirlwind. I saw iron posts and blocks of masonry go rocketing up hundreds of feet, and smash against the windows of Orthanc.' (Pippin) Page 568, Flotsam and Jetsam, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Ephel Dúath
Upon the west of Mordor marched the gloomy range of Ephel Dúath, the Mountains of Shadow, and upon the north the broker peaks and barren ridges of Ered Lithui, grey as ash. Page 636, The Black Gate is Closed, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

F

Fallohides
The Fallohides, the least numerous, were a northernly branch. They were more friendly with Elves than the other Hobbits were, and had more skill in language and song than in handicrafts; and of old they preferred hunting to tilling. They crossed the mountains north of Rivendell and came dow the River Hoarwell. In Eriador they soon mingled with the other kinds that had preceded them, but being somewhat bolder and more adventurous, they were often found as leaders or chieftains among clans of Harfoots and Stoors. Even in Bilbo's time the strong Fallowhidish strain could still be noted among the greater families, such as the Tooks and the Masters of Buckland. Page 4-5, Prologue, The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Rings (Harper Collins, 1999)

The Fallohides were fairer of skin and also of hair, and they were taller and slimmer than the others' they were lovers of trees and of the woodlands. Page 4, Prologue The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring (Harper Collins 1999)

Fathers of the Númenóreans
"For as you may know, if Mithrandir was your companion and you have spoken with Elrond, the Edain, the Fathers of the Númenóreans, fought beside the Elves in the first wars, and was rewarded by the gift of the kingdom in the midst of the Sea, within sight of Elvenhome." (Faramir) Page 679, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

fissh
"Fissh, nice fissh. Makes us strong. Makes eyes bright, and fingers tight, yes. Throttle them, precious. Throttle them all, yes, if we gets chances. Nice fissh. Nice fissh!" (Gollum) Page 686, The Forbidden Pool, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Five Wizards
"Later! Yes, when you also have the Keys of Barad-dur itself, I suppose; and the crowns of the seven kings, and the rods of the Five Wizards, and have purchased yourself a pair of boots many sizes larger than those that you wear now." (Saruman) Page 583, The Voice of Saruman, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Frár and Lóni and Náli
'It is grim reading,' he said. 'I fear their end was cruel. Listen! We cannot get out. We cannot get out. They have taken the Bridge and second hall. Frár and Lóni and Náli fell there. Then there are four lines smeared so that I can only read went 5 days ago. The last lines run the pool is up to the wall at Westgate. The Watcher in the Water took Óin. We cannot get out. The end comes, and then drums, drums in the deep. I wonder what that means. The last thing written is in a trailing scrawl of elf-letters: they are coming. There is nothing more.' Gandalf paused and stood in silent thought. Page 423, The Bridge Of Khazad-dûm, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

G

Gandalf/Incánus/Mithrandir/Olórin/Tharkûn
"Mithrandir we called him in elf-fashion," said Faramir, "and he was content. Many are my names in many countries, he said. Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Dwaves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not." Page 670, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Ghâsh
'Ghâsh!' muttered Gandalf. 'I wonder if that is what they meant: that the lower levels are on fire? Still, we can only go on.' Page 430, The Bridge Of Khazad-dûm, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Gollum (Slinker and Stinker) (Also see the NuLibary Hobbit Quote Bank)
"Grrr! Those eyes did give me a turn! But perhaps we've shaken him off at last, the miserable slinker. Gollum! I'll give him gollum in his throat, if ever I get my hands on his neck." (Sam) Page 604, The Taming of Smeagol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Sam's guess was that the Smeagol and Gollum halves (or what in his own mind he called Slinker and Stinker) had made a truce and a temporary alliance: neither wanted the Enemy to get the Ring; both wished to keep Frodo from capture, and under their eye, as long as possible - at any rate as long as Stinker still had a chance of laying hands on his 'Precious'. Page 638, The Black Gate is Closed, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Great Sea
They had come to the desolation that lay before Mordor: the lasting monument to the dark labour of its slaves that should endure when all their purposes were made void; a land defiled, diseased beyond all healing - unless the Great Sea should enter and wash it with oblivion. Pages 631-632, The Passage of the Marshes, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Greenwood the Great
...It is clear, nonetheless, from these legends, and from the evidence of their peculiar words and customs, that like many other folk Hobbits had in the distant past moved westward. Their earliest tales seem to glimpse a time when they dwelt in the upper vales of Anduin, between the eaves of Greenwood the Great and the Misty Mountains. Page 3, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

H

Halflings
"The Halflings are courteous folk, whatever else they be," said Faramir. "Farewell!" Page 658, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Hama
'The staff in the hand of a wizard may be more than a prop for age,' said Hama. He looked hard at the ash-staff on which Gandalf leaned. 'Yet in doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom. I believe you are friends and folk worthy of honour, who have no evil purpose. You may go in.' Page 511, The King of the Golden Hall, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

In the afternoon the King's company prepared to depart. The work of burial was then but beginning; and Theoden mourned for the loss of Hama, his captain, and cast the first earth upon his grave. Page 545, The Road to Isengard, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Harfoots
The Harfoots had much to do with Dwaves in ancient times, and long lived in the foothills of the mountains. They moved westward early, and roamed over Eriador as far as Weathertop while the others were still in the Wilderland. They were the most normal and representative variety of Hobbit, and far the most numerous. They were the most inclined to settle in one place, the longest preserve their ancestral habit of living in tunnels and holes. Page 4, Prologue, The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Rings (Harper Collins, 1999)

The Harfoots were browner of skin, smaller, and shorter, and they were beardless and bootless; their feet and hands were neat and nimble; and they preffered highlands and hillsides. Page 4, Prologue The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring (Harper Collins 1999)

Henneth Annûn
"At least by good chance we came at the right hour to reward you for your patience," said Faramir. "This is the Window of the Sunset, Henneth Annûn, fairest of all the falls of Ithilien, land of many fountains. Few strangers have ever seen it. But there is no kingly hall behind to match it. Enter now and see!" Page 674, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

His [Sauron's] cat
And Orcs, they were useful slaves, but he had them in plenty. If now and again Shelob caught them to stay her appetite, she was welcome: he could spare them. And sometimes as a man may cast a dainty to his cat (his cat he calls her, but she owns him not) Sauron would send her prisoners that he had no better uses for:.. Page 724, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

I

Isengard
'Though Isengard be strong and hard, as cold as stone and bare as bone,
We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door!' Page 565, Flotsam and Jetsam, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Isildur's Bane
"Now I loved him dearly, and would gladly avenge his death, yet I knew him well. Isildur's Bane - I would hazard that Isildur's Bane lay between you and was a cause of contention in your Company. Clearly it is a mighty heriloom of some sort, and such things do not breed peace among confederates, not if aught may be learned from ancient tales." (Faramir) Page 669, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

J

Jools
‘There’s a tidy bit of money tucked away up there, I hear tell,’ said a stranger, a visitor on business from Michel Delving in the Westfarthing. ‘All the top of your hill is full of tunnels packed with chests of gold and silver, and jools, by what I’ve heard.' Page 30, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

K

Keys of Barad-dur
"Later! Yes, when you also have the Keys of Barad-dur itself, I suppose; and the crowns of the seven kings, and the rods of the Five Wizards, and have purchased yourself a pair of boots many sizes larger than those that you wear now." (Saruman) Page 583, The Voice of Saruman, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Kheled-zâram
O Kheled-zâram fair and wonderful!' said Gimli. 'There lies the Crown of Durin till he wakes. Farewell!' He bowed, and turned away, and hastened back up the green-sward to the road again. Page 438, Lothlórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

L

Lebethron
"The men of the White Mountains use them; though these have been cut down to your height and newly shod. They are made of the fair tree lebethron, beloved of the woodwrights of Gondor, and a virtue has been set upon them of finding and returning. May that virtue not wholly fail under the Shadow into which you go!" (Faramir) Page 694, Journey to the Cross-roads, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

leaf
There is another astonishing thing about Hobbits of old that must be mentioned, an astonishing habit: they imbibed or inhaled, through pipes of clay or wood, the smoke of the burning leaves of a herb, which they called pipe-weed or leaf, a variety probably of Nicotiana... Page 10, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Lord (King) of the Nine Riders
Before them went a great cavalry of horsemen moving like ordered shadows, and at their head was one greater than all the rest: a Rider, all black, save that on his hooded head he had a helm like a crown that flickered with a perilous light. Now he was drawing near the bridge below, and Frodo's staring eyes followed him, unable to wink or to withdraw. Surely there was the Lord of the Nine Riders returned to earth to lead his ghastly host to battle? Page 706, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

"This great array of spears and swords is going to Osgiliath. Will Faramir get across in time? He guessed it, but did he know the hour? And who can now hold the fords when the King of the Nine Riders comes? And other armies will come. I am too late. All is lost." (Frodo) Page 707, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

M
Mablung
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, all making their swift secret way to some appointed place. Page 672, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

He called softly and immediately Mablung and Damrod stepped out of the trees and came back to him. "Blindfold these guests," said Faramir. Page 673, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

maggot-folk of Mordor
The brief glow fell upon a huge sitting figure, still and solemn as the great stone kings of Argonath. The years had gnawed it, and violent hands had maimed it. Its head was gone, and in its place was set in mockery a round rough-hewn stone, rudely painted by savage hands in the likeness of a grinning face with one large red eye in the midst of its forehead. Upon its knees and mighty chair, and all about the pedestal, were idle scrawls mixed with the foul symbols that the maggot-folk of Mordor used. Page 702, Journey to the Cross-roads, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Men of Dunland
The men of Dunland were amazed; for Saruman had told them that the men of Rohan were cruel and burned their captives alive. Page 545, The Road to Isengard, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Men of Númenor
"I love only that which they defend: the city of the Men of Númenor; and I would have her loved for her memory, her ancientry, her beauty, and her present wisdom. Not feared, save as men may fear the dignity of a man, old and wise. (Faramir) Page 672, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Men of the Twilight
"...and the Middle Peoples, Men of the Twilight, such as are the Rohirrim and their kin that dwell still far in the North; and the Wild, the Men of Darkness." (Faramir) Pages 678-679, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Men of the West
"For so we reckon Men in our lore, calling them the High, or Men of the West, which were Númenóreans;..." (Faramir) Page 678, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Minas Anor
"Minas Anor again as of old, full of light, high and fair, beautiful as a queen among other queens: not a mistress of many slaves, nay, not even a kind mistress of willing slaves." (Faramir) Page 671-672, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Minas Ithil
Not the imprisoned moonlight welling through the marble wall of Minas Ithil long ago, Tower of the Moon, fair and radiant in the hollow of the hills. Paler indeed than the moon ailing in some slow eclipse was the light of it now, wavering and blowing like a noisome exhalation of decay, a corpse-light, a light that illuminated nothing. Page 703, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Minas Morgul
"Would you have me come to Gondor with this Thing, the Thing that drove your brother mad with desire? What spell would it work in Minas Tirith? Shall there be two cities of Minas Morgul, grinning at each other across a dead land filled with rottenness?" (Frodo) Page 692, The Forbidden Pool, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Mistress of Magic
"If Men have dealings with the Mistress of Magic who dwells in the Golden Wood, then they may look for strange things to follow. For it is perilous for mortal man to walk out of the world of this Sun, and few of old came thence unchanged, 'tis said. (Faramir) Page 667, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Mordor
"Mordor!" he muttered under his breath. "If I must go there, I wish I could come there quickly and make an end!' (Frodo) Pages 603-604 The Taming of Smeagol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Morgul-king
But great as the pressure was, he felt no inclination now to yield to it. He knew that the Ring would only betray him, and that he had not, even if he put it on, the power to face the Morgul-king - not yet. Page 706, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Morgul Valley
"Which way do we go from here?" asked Frodo. "Is that the opening of - of the Morgul Valley, away over there beyond that black mass?" Page 699, Journey to the Cross-roads, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Morgulduin
Frodo shuddered as he looked again at the distant pinnacles now dwindling into night, and the sound of the water seemed cold and cruel: the voice of Morgulduin, the polluted stream that flowed from the Valley of the Wraiths. Page 697, Journey to the Cross-roads, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Mûmak
"Ware! Ware!" cried Damrod to his companion. "May the Valar turn him aside! Mûmak! Mûmak!" Page 661, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Fear and wonder, maybe, enlarged him in the hobbit's eyes, but the Mûmak of Harad was indeed a beast of vast bulk, and the like of him does not walk now in Middle-earth; his kin that live still in latter days are but memories of his girth and majesty. Page 661, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

N

Narvi
'The words are in the elven-tongue of the West of Middle-earth in the Elder Days,' answered Gandalf. 'But they do not say anything of importance to us. They say only: The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter. And underneath small and faint is written: I, Narvi, made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs.' Page 400, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Nice Master
"Nice Master!" said Gollum. "Smeagol was only joking. Always forgives, he does, yes, yes, even nice Master's little trickses. Oh yes, nice Master, nice Smeagol!" Page 696, Journey to the Cross-roadsl, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Nicotiana
There is another astonishing thing about Hobbits of old that must be mentioned, an astonishing habit: they imbibed or inhaled, through pipes of clay or wood, the smoke of the burning leaves of a herb, which they called pipe-weed or leaf, a variety probably of Nicotiana... Page 10, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Nimrodel
...for Nimrodel flows into Silverlode, that Elves call Celebrant, and Celebrant into Anduin the Great, and Anduin flows into the Bay of Belfalas whence the Elves of Lórien set sail. But neither Nimrodel nor Amroth ever came back. Page 447, Lothlórien, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

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The Lord of the Ring Quotes O - Z

O

Old Entish
"Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is work taking a long time to say, and to listen to." (Treebeard) Page 465, Treebeard, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Old Rory Brandybuck
...Old Rory Brandybuck, in return for much hospitality, got a dozen bottles of Old Winyards: a strong red wine from the Southfarthing, and now quite mature, as it had been laid down by Bilbo’s father. Rory quite forgave Bilbo, and voted him a capital fellow after the first bottle. Page 50, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Old Winyards
‘Whatever happens to the rest of my stuff, when the S.-B.s get their claws on it, at any rate I have found a good home for this!’ said Frodo, as he drained his glass. It was the last drop of Old Winyards. Page 90, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)


Orthanc
This was Orthanc, the citadel of Saruman, the name of which had (by design or chance) a twofold meaning; for in the Elvish speech orthanc signifies Mount Fang, but in the language of the Mark of old the Cunning Mind. Page 555, The Road to Isengard, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Outside
...Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. He was here before the Kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights. When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless – before the Dark Lord came from Outside.’ Page 173, In The House Of Tom Bombadil, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

P

Palantir
'Dangerous indeed, but not to all,' said Aragorn. 'There is one who may claim it by right. For this assuredly is the palantir of Orthanc from the treasury of Elendil, set here by the Kings of Gondor. Now my hour draws near. I will take it.' Page 594, The Palantir, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Party Business
A notice appeared on the gate at Bag End: NO ADMITTANCE EXCEPT ON PARTY BUSINESS. Even those who had, or pretended to have Party Business were seldom allowed inside.... Page 34, A Long-Expected Party, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Phial of Galadriel
Then his own will stirred; slowly it forced the hand back and set it to find another thing, a thing lying hidden near his breast. Cold and hard it seemed as his grip closed on it: the phial of Galadriel, so long treasured, and almost forgotten till that hour. As he touched it, for a while all thought of the Ring was banished from his mind. Page 707, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

pipe-leaf
There is another astonishing thing about Hobbits of old that must be mentioned, an astonishing habit: they imbibed or inhaled, through pipes of clay or wood, the smoke of the burning leaves of a herb, which they called pipe-weed or leaf, a variety probably of Nicotiana... Page 10, Prologue, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Precious
"Smeagol will swear never, never, to let Him have it. Never! Smeagol will save it. But he must swear on the Precious." (Gollum) Page 618, The Taming of Smeagol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Q

Queen Beruthiel
'Do not be afraid! I have been with him on many a journey, if never on one so dark; and there are tales of Rivendell of greater deeds of his than any that I have seen. He will not go astray – if there is any path to find. He has led us in here against our fears, but he will lead us out again, at whatever cost to himself. He is surer of finding the way home in a blind night than the cats of Queen Beruthiel.' (Aragorn) Page 408, A Journey In The Dark, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

R

S

Sackville-Baggins (S.-B.s)
...Suddenly in the distance the S.-B.s appeared, coming towards us. Bilbo slowed down, and then hey presto! he vanished. I was so startled that I hardly had the wits to hide myself in a more ordinary fashion;... Page 138, The Conspiracy Unmasked, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Sam Gamgee
All hobbits, of course, can cook, for they begin to learn the art before their letters (which many never reach); but Sam was a good cook, even by hobbit reckoning, and he had done a good deal of the camp-cooking on their travels, when there was a chance. Page 653, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)


Saruman
'The last is most likely, if you can ride to his door with a light heart,' said Gandalf. 'But there is no knowing what he can do, or may choose to try. A wild beast cornered is not safe to approach. And Saruman has powers you do not guess. Beware of his voice!' Page 577, The Voice of Saruman, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Shelob (the Great)
How Shelob came there, flying from ruin, no tale tells, for out of the Dark Years few tales have come. But still she was there, who was there before Sauron, and before the first stone of Barad-dûr; and she served none but herself, drinking the blood of Elves and Men, bloated and grown fat with endless brooding on her feasts, weaving webs of shadow; for all living things were her food, and her vomit darkness. Page 723, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

And Orcs, they were useful slaves, but he had them in plenty. If now and again Shelob caught them to stay her appetite, she was welcome: he could spare them. And sometimes as a man may cast a dainty to his cat (his cat he calls her, but she owns him not) Sauron would send her prisoners that he had no better uses for:.. Page 724, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

But none could rival her, Shelob the Great, last child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world. Page 723, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Shelob's webs
Never yet had any fly escaped from Shelob's webs, and the greater now was her rage and hunger. Page 724, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Simbelemynë like snow
“At the foot of the hill the way ran under the shadow of many mounds, high and green. Upon their western sides the grass was white as with drifted snow: small flowers sprang there like countless stars amid turf.
‘Look!’ said Gandalf. ‘How fair are the bright eyes in the grass! Evermind they are called, simbelmynë in this land of Men, for they blossom in all the seasons of the year, and grow where dead men rest. Behold! We are come to the great barrows where the sires of Théoden sleep.’”
Page 440, The King of the Golden Hall, The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings, Kindle edition 2 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

smelling
‘What about the smelling, sir?’ said Sam. ‘And the Gaffer said he was a black chap.’ Page 101, Three Is Company, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Snow in the Shire
“‘I don’t like this at all,’ panted Sam just behind. ‘Snow’s all right on a fine morning, but I like to be in bed while it’s falling. I wish this lot would go off to Hobbiton! Folk might welcome it there.’ Except on the high moors of the Northfarthing a heavy fall was rare in the Shire, and was regarded as a pleasant event and a chance for fun. No living hobbit (save Bilbo) could remember the Fell Winter of 1311, when white wolves invaded the Shire over the frozen Brandywine. Page 309, The Ring Goes South, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, Kindle edition 2 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Snow-white cloth
Next to Frodo on his right sat a dwarf of important appearance, richly dressed. His beard, very long and forked, was white, nearly as white as the snow-white cloth of his garments. He wore a silver belt, and round his neck hung a chain of silver and diamonds. Frodo stopped eating to look at him. Page 298-299, Many Meetings, The Fellowship Of The Ring (Harper Collins 1999, Softcover)

Southrons
"Aye, curse the Southrons!" said Damrod. "Tis said that there were dealings of old between Gondor and the kingdoms of the Harad in the Far South; though there was never friendship." Page 659, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

star-glass
"The star-glass?" muttered Frodo, as one answering out of sleep, hardly comprehending. "Why yes! Why had I forgotten it? A light when all other lights go out! And now indeed light alone can help up." Page 720, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Sting
"Come! Let us see what Sting can do. It is an elven-blade. There were webs of horror in the dark ravines of Beleriand where it was forged." (Frodo) Page 722, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Stoors
The Stoors lingered long by the banks of the Great River Anduin, and were less shy of Men. They came west after the Harfoots and followed the course of the Loudwater southwards; and there many of them dwelled long between Tharbad and the borders of Dunland before they moved north again. Page 4, Prologue The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring (Harper Collins 1999)

The Stoors were broader, heavier in build; their feet and hands were larger, and they preferred flat lands and riversides. Page 4, Prologue The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring (Harper Collins 1999)

Straight Stair
"There's another stair still," he [Gollum] said. "Much longer stair. Rest when we get to the top of the next stair. Not yet."
Sam groaned. "Longer, did you say?" he asked.
"Yes, yess, longer" said Gollum. "But not so difficult. Hobbits have climbed the Straight Stair. Next comes the Winding Stair." Page 709, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

T

Taters
"Smeagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?" (Gollum)
"Po-ta-toes," said Sam. "The Gaffer's delight, and rare good ballast for an empty belly." Page 654, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Teeth of Mordor
Upon them stood the Teeth of Mordor, two towers strong and tall. In days long past they were built by the Men of Gondor in their pride and power, after the overthrow of Sauron and his flight, lest he should seek to return to his old realm. Page 636, The Black Gate is Closed, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Theoden
The hobbits bowed low. 'So that is the King of Rohan!' said Pippin in an undertone. 'A fine old fellow. Very polite.' Page 559, The Road to Isengard, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Torech Ungol
"This is the way in," said Gollum softly. "This is the entrance to the tunnel." He did not speak its name: Torech Ungol, Shelob's Lair. Out of it came a stench, not the sickly odour of decay in the meads of Morgul, but a foul reek, as if filth unnameable were piled and hoarded in the dark within. Page 717,Page 717, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Tower of Ecthelion
Then Pippin cried aloud, for the Tower of Ecthelion, standing high within the topmost wall, shone out against the sky, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver, tall and fair and shapely, and its pinnacle glittered as if it were wrought of crystals; and white banners broke and fluttered from the battlements in the morning breeze, and high and far he heard a clear ringing as of silver trumpets. Page 751, Minas Tirith, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Tower of the Moon (Minas Ithil)
"They built very tall towers, and one they raised was silver-white, and in it there was a stone like the Moon, and round it were great white walls. O yes, there were many tales about the Tower of the Moon." (Gollum)
"That would be Minas Ithil that Isildur the son of Elendil build," said Frodo. Page 641, The Black Gate is Closed, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

U

Ungoliant
But none could rival her, Shelob the Great, last child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world. Page 723, Shelob's Lair, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

V

vittles
"Maybe," said Sam; "but where there's life there's hope, as my gaffer used to say; and need of vittles, as he mostways used to add. You have a bite, Mr. Frodo, and then a bit of sleep." Page 700, Journey to the Cross-roads, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

W

Westernesse
Indeed, a remnant still dwell there of the Dúnedain, the kings of Men that came over the Sea out of Westernesse;... Page 5, Prologue The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring (Harper Collins 1999)

Westron
And in those days also they [hobbits] forgot whatever languages they had used before, and spoke after the Common Speach, the Westron as it was named, that was the current through all the lands of the kings from Arnor to Gondor, and about all the coasts of the Sea from Belfalas to Lune. Page 5, Prologue The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring (Harper Collins 1999)

White Face
"Curse the White Face! And they tell Him everything. He sees, He knows." (Gollum) Page 630, The Passage of the Marshes, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

White Tree
"For myself," said Faramir, "I would see the White Tree in flower again in the courts of the kings, and the Silver Crown return and Minas Tirith in peace:" Page 671, The Window on the West, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

Winding Stair
"There's another stair still," he [Gollum] said. "Much longer stair. Rest when we get to the top of the next stair. Not yet."
Sam groaned. "Longer, did you say?" he asked.
"Yes, yess, longer" said Gollum. "But not so difficult. Hobbits have climbed the Straight Stair. Next comes the Winding Stair." Page 709, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012)

Wizards

"But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger." (Gildor) Page 84, Three is Company, The Fellowship of the Ring Harper Collins, 2004

"Hoom, hm, I have not troubled about the Great Wars,' said Treebeard; 'they mostly concern Elves and Men. That is the business of Wizards: Wizards are always troubled about the future." Page 472, Treebeard, The Two Towers Harper Collins, 2004.

"The staff in the hand of a wizard may be more than a prop for age," said Hama. Page 511, The King of the Golden Hall, The Two Towers Harper Collins, 2004.

Wormtongue (Master)
'Nay, Eomer, you do not fully understand the mind of Master Wormtongue,' said Gandalf, turning his piercing glance upon him. 'He is bold and cunning. Even now he plays a game with peril and wins a throw. Hours of my precious time he has wasted already. Down, snake!' Page 520, The King of the Golden Hall, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012).

Wraiths on wings
"Wraiths!" he wailed. "Wraiths on wings! The Precious is their master. They see everything, everything. Nothing can hide from them." (Gollum) Page 630, The Passage of the Marshes, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

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Y

Yellow Face
"We should be glad to see the Sun," said Frodo, "but we will stay here: we are too tired to go any further at present."
"You are not wise to be glad of the Yellow Face," said Gollum. "It shows you up." Page 621, The Passage of the Marshes, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

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