Tolkien's "Special" Words

[Starbrow]

Reck The Fall of Gondolin “Then Morgoth thought in his heart that his triumph was fulfilled, recking little of the sons of Feanor, and of their oath, which had harmed him never and turned always to his mightiest aid.” Meaning: Archaic. To take heed of or to have caution.

 

[Deimos]

Reck The Fall of Gondolin “Then Morgoth thought in his heart that his triumph was fulfilled, recking little of the sons of Feanor, and of their oath, which had harmed him never and turned always to his mightiest aid.” Meaning: Archaic. To take heed of or to have caution.

Reck is in common everyday use today in its negative form:
reckless ... Acting with a heedless disregard for probable outcomes; syn. Rash, foolhardy, thoughtless, careless, (that is, lacking caution )

 

[Eljorahir]

Reck The Fall of Gondolin “Then Morgoth thought in his heart that his triumph was fulfilled, recking little of the sons of Feanor, and of their oath, which had harmed him never and turned always to his mightiest aid.” Meaning: Archaic. To take heed of or to have caution.

Very good! I added it.

I see there's another example when the witch-king is scared off by that chicken:

'...a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn....Horns, horns, horns...'

 

[Eljorahir]

Today, I added lob and cob.

So, now I know of three alternate words for spider.

lob Flies and Spiders: "Lazy Lob and crazy Cob are weaving webs to wind me. I am far more sweet than other meat, but still they cannot find me!”, [Old English Meaning: spider. Modern British Meaning: a dull heavy person, a lout.]

cob Flies and Spiders: "Lazy Lob and crazy Cob are weaving webs to wind me. I am far more sweet than other meat, but still they cannot find me!”, [One Meaning: spider.]

And the third, previously listed:
attercop Flies and Spiders: "Quite apart from the stones no spider has ever liked being called Attercop, and Tomnoddy of course is insulting to anybody.", [Meanings: spider, or an ill-tempered or spiteful person.]

Lob helps me understand the name Shelob.
Cob helps me understand the word cobwebs.
The cop in attercop is a linguistic relative of cob.

Sam and Shelob by John Howe