Vehm

English

Etymology

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]

Proper noun

Vehm

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

Alternative forms

Fehm

Derived terms

Vehmic

Translations

Westphalian court in the Middle Ages

French: Sainte-Vehme (fr) f
German: Feme (de) f

References

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

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