A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√NUT “tie, bind” (Ety/NUT).
Noldorin
gwaedh
noun. bond, troth, compact, oath
gwaedh
noun. bond, troth, compact, oath
gwedh
noun. bond
gwedh
noun. bond
gwend
noun. bond, friendship
gwest
noun. oath
gwest
noun. oath
nûd
noun. bond
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “bond” derived from ON. weda under the root ᴹ√WED “bind” (Ety/WED). It might be an element of the later word danwedh “ransom” in the name Bar-en-Danwedh “House of Ransom” from The Silmarillion (S/203).