Gnomish
hemp
noun. a band, bond; cord
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
hemp
noun. a band, bond; cord
A noun appearing as G. hemp “a band, bond - cord” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on G. heb- “bind” (GL/48), from the early root ᴱ√HEPE of similar meaning (QL/40).
Neo-Sindarin: In Tolkien’s later writings √KHEP meant “keep”, but I think it could still be the basis for this word. I would use ᴺS. hemp for “band, bond” as metal, leather or cloth strip holding something, but for “cord” I would instead use [N.] nordh.