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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
Tolkien was a Professor of English I believe. He certainly didn't invent those words, so did he write about them in some way? In a dictionary?
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Ding ding ding! And how appropriate that you should get the answer, Bilbo.
Early in his career, JRRT worked on the first edition of the OED, providing etymology and definitions for words near the beginning of the Ws.
More on this:
http://www.oed.com/public/tolkien/