All 19 Uses of
heed
in
The Two Towers
- 'Time is pressing,' said the Rider, not heeding Aragorn.†
Chpt 3.2heeding = paying close attention to; or doing what is suggested
- 'They were many,' said Aragorn, 'and they do not heed the wrath of Fangorn, for they come here seldom, and they do not go under the trees.†
Chpt 3.2heed = pay close attention to; or do what is suggested
- For a while they ate thoughtfully, sitting in the dark, heedless of the cries and sounds of battle nearby.†
Chpt 3.3heedless = ignorant or ignoring; or not following advicestandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in heedless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
- Who are you that come heedless over the plain thus strangely clad, riding horses like to our own horses?†
Chpt 3.6
- At last Aragorn stood above the great gates, heedless of the darts of the enemy.†
Chpt 3.7
- Unheeding Gandalf rode on into the mist, and reluctantly they followed him.†
Chpt 3.8unheeding = ignoringstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unheeding means not and reverses the meaning of heeding. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Don't you heed them!†
Chpt 4.2heed = pay close attention to; or do what is suggested
- They fell forward, grovelling heedlessly on the cold earth.†
Chpt 4.2standard suffix: The suffix "-lessly" in heedlessly means in a manner that is without. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmlessly, fearlessly, and remorselessly.
- And they go ever more heedlessly, we learn, thinking that the power of their new master is great enough, so that the mere shadow of His hills will protect them.†
Chpt 4.4
- That horn the eldest son of our house has borne for many generations; and it is said that if it be blown at need anywhere within the bounds of Gondor, as the realm was of old, its voice will not pass unheeded.†
Chpt 4.5unheeded = ignoredstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unheeded means not and reverses the meaning of heeded. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- But Frodo did not heed them; he laughed again.†
Chpt 4.8heed = pay close attention to; or do what is suggested
- While they were still able to give heed to such things, they could hear his breath hissing and gasping just in front of them.†
Chpt 4.9
- And She that walked in the darkness had heard the Elves cry that cry far back in the deeps of time, and she had not heeded it, and it did not daunt her now.†
Chpt 4.9heeded = paid close attention to; or did what was suggested
- ' he cried, not heeding the shrillness of his voice, that released from the choking airs of the tunnel rang out now high and wild.†
Chpt 4.9heeding = paying close attention to; or doing what is suggested
- Dread was round him, and enemies before him in the pass, and his master was in a fey mood running heedlessly to meet them.†
Chpt 4.9standard suffix: The suffix "-lessly" in heedlessly means in a manner that is without. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmlessly, fearlessly, and remorselessly.
- Either she did not see Sam, or she avoided him for the moment as the bearer of the light' and fixed all her intent upon one prey, upon Frodo, bereft of his Phial, running heedless up the path, unaware yet of his peril.†
Chpt 4.9heedless = ignorant or ignoring; or not following advicestandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in heedless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
- ...she took no heed of Sam and his cries, until he was close at hand.
Chpt 4.10 *heed = notice (paying attention)
- Perhaps the Ring gave understanding of tongues, or simply understanding, especially of the servants of Sauron its maker, so that if he gave heed, he understood and translated the thought to himself.†
Chpt 4.10heed = pay close attention to; or do what is suggested
- No one heeded him.†
Chpt 4.10heeded = paid close attention to; or did what was suggested
Definition:
pay close attention to; or to do what is suggested -- especially with regard to a warning or other advice