Vehm

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Etymology

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From a form of Middle High German veme (condemnation, punishment, secret tribunal), probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *faigī (doomed to die), see also fey.[1]

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Vehm

  1. (historical) A Westphalian tribunal system during the Middle Ages.

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fehme”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891