All 7 Uses of
hoard
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- With them he set out, to his own lasting astonishment, on a morning of April, it being then the year 1341 Shire-reckoning, on a quest of great treasure, the dwarf-hoards of the Kings under the Mountain, beneath Erebor in Dale, far off in the East.†
Chpt Pro.
- The quest was successful, and the Dragon that guarded the hoard was destroyed.†
Chpt Pro. *
- His sword, Sting, Bilbo hung over his fireplace, and his coat of marvellous mail, the gift of the Dwarves from the Dragon-hoard, he lent to a museum, to the Michel Delving Mathom-house in fact.†
Chpt Pro.
- Less welcome did the Lord Denethor show me then than of old, and grudgingly he permitted me to search among his hoarded scrolls and books.†
Chpt 2.2
- And yet there lie in his hoards many records that few now can read, even of the lore-masters, for their scripts and tongues have become dark to later men.†
Chpt 2.2
- Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained.†
Chpt 2.2
- There beryl, pearl, and opal pale, And metal wrought like fishes' mail, Buckler and corslet, axe and sword, And shining spears were laid in hoard.†
Chpt 2.4
Definition:
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(hoard) to gather something valuable and store it; or a collection of such things