A word that is an element in N. Forannest as the name of the north gates of Rammas in drafts of The Lord or the Rings (WR/354; 357 note #17). It had the forms nesta, nethra, nest and the difficult-to-read gloss “heart, core”. It is probably related the root ᴹ√NED “middle, centre” from The Etymologies (Ety/NÉD).
Noldorin
nesta-
verb. to heal
nesta-
verb. to heal
nesta
noun. ?heart, core
nest
noun. ?heart, core
nethra
noun. ?heart, core
A verb implied by N. nestad “healing” in Bair Nestad “Houses of Healing” from Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s (WR/380).