N. gwedh n. “bond” (Category: 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).
References ✧ Ety/WED; PE22/32
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| weð | soft-mutation; gw-mutation | “bond” | ✧ Ety/WED; PE22/32 |
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| ON. weda > gweð | [weda] > [gweda] > [gweða] > [gweð] | ✧ Ety/WED |