Quenya 

nurda

noun. cord, rope

Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

hempa

noun. cord

Noldorin 

nordh

adjective. cord

A noun for “cord” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√SNUR “twist” (Ety/SNUR).

Noldorin [Ety/SNUR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nordh

noun. cord

Noldorin [Ety/387] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Early Quenya

hempa

noun. cord

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. hempa “cord” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√HEPE “bind” (QL/40).

Neo-Sindarin: In Tolkien’s later writings √KHEP meant “keep”, but I think it could still be the basis for ᴺQ. hempa “cord”.

Early Quenya [QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by