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A word appearing as N. {nû >>} hniof/hnuif “noose, snare” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from ON. sniuma/snȳma under the root ᴹ√SNEW “entangle” (Ety/SNEW; EtyAC/SNEW). Even in the 1930s its phonetic developments were quite peculiar: see the entry on how [[os|[eu] became [iu]]] in (Old) Sindarin for further details.
Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Sindarin phonology, this word would become ᴺS. nŷw “noose, snare”, as suggested in HSD (HSD).