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The term's origin is uncertain, but seems to enter Middle High German from Middle Low German.

The word vëme first appears in the Middle High German literature of the 13th century as a noun with the meaning of " punishment ".

A document dated to 1251 has the reference illud occultum judicium, quod vulgariter vehma seu vridinch appellari consuevit.

(" It is hidden justice, that by common fashion is habitually referred to as vehma or vridinch.

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