All 20 Uses of
wrought
in
The Return of the King
- Then Pippin cried aloud, for the Tower of Ecthelion, standing high within the topmost walls' 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.†
Chpt 5.1
- The Guards of the gate were robed in black, and their helms were of strange shape, high-crowned, with long cheek-guards close-fitting to the face, and above the cheek-guards were set the white wings of sea-birds; but the helms gleamed with a flame of silver, for they were indeed wrought of mithril, heirlooms from the glory of old days.†
Chpt 5.1
- Surely this is a blade wrought by our own kindred in the North in the deep past?†
Chpt 5.1
- She wrought it in secret, and long was the making.†
Chpt 5.2
- He was clad as a rider with a cloak of dark green over a coat of fine mail; on the front of his helm was wrought a small silver star.†
Chpt 5.3
- Grief maybe had wrought it, and remorse.†
Chpt 5.4
- Very strong it might be, wrought of steel and iron, and guarded with towers and bastions of indomitable stone, yet it was the key, the weakest point in all that high and impenetrable wall.†
Chpt 5.4
- But glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the Dunedain were young, and chief among their foes was the dread realm of Angmar and its sorcerer king.†
Chpt 5.6
- And the stars flamed in the sunlight, for they were wrought of gems by Arwen daughter of Elrond; and the crown was bright in the morning, for it was wrought of mithril and gold.†
Chpt 5.6
- And the stars flamed in the sunlight, for they were wrought of gems by Arwen daughter of Elrond; and the crown was bright in the morning, for it was wrought of mithril and gold.†
Chpt 5.6
- When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely as a lily, and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel.†
Chpt 5.8
- Then, whether Aragorn had indeed some forgotten power of Westernesse, or whether it was but his words of the Lady Eowyn that wrought on them, as the sweet influence of the herb stole about the chamber it seemed to those who stood by that a keen wind blew through the window, and it bore no scent, but was an air wholly fresh and clean and young, as if it had not before been breathed by any living thing and came new-made from snowy mountains high beneath a dome of stars, or from shores of…†
Chpt 5.8
- 'And doubtless the good stone-work is the older and was wrought in the first building,' said Gimli.†
Chpt 5.9
- It shone now as if verily it was wrought of living fire.†
Chpt 6.3
- The mantle was wrought for his mother, Finduilas of Amroth, who died untimely, and was to him but a memory of loveliness in far days and of his first grief; and her robe seemed to him raiment fitting for the beauty and sadness of Eowyn.†
Chpt 6.5
- It was shaped like the helms of the Guards of the Citadel, save that it was loftier, and it was all white, and the wings at either side were wrought of pearl and silver in the likeness of the wings of a sea-bird, for it was the emblem of kings who came over the Sea; and seven gems of adamant were set in the circlet, and upon its summit was set a single jewel the light of which went up like a flame.†
Chpt 6.5
- In his time the City was made more fair than it had ever been, even in the days of its first glory; and it was filled with trees and with fountains, and its gates were wrought of mithril and steel, and its streets were paved with white marble; and the Folk of the Mountain laboured in it, and the Folk of the Wood rejoiced to come there; and all was healed and made good, and the houses were filled with men and women and the laughter of children, and no window was blind nor any courtyard…†
Chpt 6.5
- Then Eowyn gave to Merry an ancient horn, small but cunningly wrought all of fair silver
Chpt 6.6 *wrought = worked (crafted)
- Bilbo laughed, and he produced out of a pocket two beautiful pipes with pearl mouth-pieces and bound with fine-wrought silver.†
Chpt 6.6
- On her finger was Nenya, the ring wrought of mithril, that bore a single white stone flickering like a frosty star.†
Chpt 6.9
Definition:
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(wrought as in: wrought iron) worked -- as when iron is shaped to fit by bending or beating