All 16 Uses
hoard
in
The Hobbit
(Edited)
- For ancient king and elvish lord
There many a gleaming golden hoard
They shaped and wrought, and light they caught
To hide in gems on hilt of sword.p. 15.1hoard = collection of valuable things - They must have come from a dragon's hoard or goblin plunder, for dragons and goblins destroyed that city many ages ago.
p. 49.7
- If the elf-king had a weakness it was for treasure, especially for silver and white gems; and though his hoard was rich, he was ever eager for more, since he had not yet as great a treasure as other elf-lords of old.
p. 155.4
- Bilbo had heard tell and sing of dragon-hoards before, but the splendour, the lust, the glory of such treasure had never yet come home to him.
p. 198.6hoards = collections of valuable things
- Did you expect me to trot back with the whole hoard of Thror on my back?
p. 202.7hoard = collection of valuable things
- From that the talk turned to the great hoard itself and to the things that Thorin and Balin remembered.
p. 212.1
- But the enchanted desire of the hoard had fallen from Bilbo.
p. 212.6
- So Bilbo guessed from Thorin's description; but indeed there could not be two such gems, even in so marvellous a hoard, even in all the world.
p. 216.9
- All the same Mr. Baggins kept his head more clear of the bewitchment of the hoard than the dwarves did.
p. 219.7
- Then the dwarves themselves brought forth harps and instruments regained from the hoard, and made music to soften his mood; but their song was not as elvish song, and was much like the song they had sung long before in Bilbo's little hobbit-hole.
p. 239.7
- Moreover I am by right descent the heir of Girion of Dale, and in your hoard is mingled much of the wealth of his halls and town, which of old Smaug stole.
p. 241.3
- It is in my mind to ask what share of their inheritance you would have paid to our kindred, had you found the hoard unguarded and us slain.
p. 242.2
- For it I will give one fourteenth share of the hoard in silver and gold, setting aside the gems; but that shall be accounted the promised share of this traitor, and with that reward he shall depart, and you can divide it as you will.
p. 252.2
- At noon we will return, and see if you have brought from the hoard the portion that is to be set against the stone.
p. 252.9
- There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
p. 263.1 *hoarded = gathered and stored
- There was, of course, no longer any question of dividing the hoard in such shares as had been planned, to Balin and Dwalin, and Dori and Nori and Ori, and Oin and Gloin, and Bifur and Bofur and Bombur—or to Bilbo.
p. 265.5hoard = collection of valuable things
Definitions:
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(1)
(hoard) to gather something valuable and store it; or a collection of such things
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)