All 3 Uses of
waylay
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- For Isildur was marching north along the east banks of the River, and near the Gladden Fields he was waylaid by the Orcs of the Mountains, and almost all his folk were slain.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- We may well be seen by watchers on that narrow path, and waylaid by some evil; but the weather may prove a more deadly enemy than any.†
Chpt 2.3
- The marauding orcs had been waylaid and almost all destroyed; the remnant had fled westward towards the mountains, and were being pursued.†
Chpt 2.6
Definition:
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(waylay) to stop someone (without their forewarning) to attack them or to talk