A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√NUT “tie, bind” (Ety/NUT).
Noldorin
gwenn
noun. maiden
gwenn
noun. maiden
gwend
noun. bond, friendship
gwend
noun. maiden
borg
adjective. big
gwaedh
noun. bond, troth, compact, oath
gwedh
noun. bond
gwedh
noun. bond
nûd
noun. bond
penedh
noun. Elf
penn
noun. Elf
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).