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Vehm

Vehm proper noun: a Westphalian tribunal system during the Middle Ages.

Proper noun

Vehm

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

Forms of Vehm

alternative formFehm

Origin of Vehm

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.

Words formed from Vehm

Questions about Vehm

What does Vehm mean?
Vehm means a Westphalian tribunal system during the Middle Ages.
What part of speech is Vehm?
Vehm is a proper noun.

Words near Vehm in the dictionary

  1. vehiculates
  2. vehiculating
  3. vehiculation
  4. vehiculations
  5. vehiculatory
  6. Vehm
  7. Vehmic
  8. Vehmique
  9. vehophobia
  10. vehs
  11. Vehudhanya

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